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    boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Vassa (Pali: vassa-, Sanskrit: varṣa-, both "rain") is the three-month annual retreat...
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    (/əˈlaʊdə/; c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (/ˈvæsə/), was a writer and abolitionist. According to his memoir, he was...
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    Joanna Vassa (/ˈvæsə/; 11 April 1795 – 10 March 1857) was the only surviving child of the former slave and anti-slavery campaigner Olaudah Equiano. Her...
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    The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789 in London, is the autobiography of Olaudah...
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  • Vassa (Russian: Васса) is a 1983 Soviet drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov. It is based on Maxim Gorky's 1910 play Vassa Zheleznova. Vassa won the Golden...
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  • Vassa Larin (born Varvara Georgievna Larina, Russian: Варвара Георгиевна Ларина; December 11, 1970) is an American Russian Orthodox ryassofor nun, the...
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  • Vassås is a small village in the municipality of Bindal in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the Tosen arm of the Bindalsfjorden, just north...
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    A Vassa candle, or Tean Vassa, is a giant beeswax candle that is burned for the duration of the Theravada Buddhist festival of Vassa. These candles are...
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  • Vassa Zheleznova may refer to: Vassa Zheleznova (play), a play by Maxim Gorky Vassa Zheleznova (film), a 1953 Soviet drama film This disambiguation page...
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    Saint Vassa (Greek: Αγία Βάσσα) was a 4th-century Christian martyr from Edessa in Greek Macedonia. She and her three children were tortured to death....
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