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Greek kanon / Ancient Greek: , Arabic Qanun / , Hebrew kaneh / , "straight"; a rule, code, standard, or measure; the root meaning in all these languages is "reed" (cf. the Romance-language ancestors of the English word "cane").
Which English term is derived from the same root as the Greek, Arabic and Hebrew words for canon?
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The answer: cane

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Despite losing fan favorite Grace to free agency, and the lack of production from newcomer Todd Hundley, skipper Don Baylor's Cubs put together a good season in 2001. The season started with Mack Newton being brought in to preach "positive thinking." One of the biggest stories of the season transpired as the club made a midseason deal for Fred McGriff, which was drawn out for nearly a month as McGriff debated waiving his no-trade clause, as the Cubs led the wild card race by 2.5 games in early September. That run died when Preston Wilson hit a three run walk off homer off of closer Tom "Flash" Gordon, which halted the team's momentum. The team was unable to make another serious charge, and finished at 8874, five games behind both Houston and St. Louis, who tied for first. Sosa had perhaps his finest season and Jon Lieber led the staff with a 20 win season.
Who put together a good season for the Cubs in 2001?
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The answer: Don Baylor

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Early history of Shaivism is difficult to determine. However, the Svetasvatara Upanishad (400 200 BCE) is considered to be the earliest textual exposition of a systematic philosophy of Shaivism. Shaivism is represented by various philosophical schools, including non-dualist (abheda), dualist (bheda), and non-dualist-with-dualist (bhedabheda) perspectives. Vidyaranya in his works mentions three major schools of Shaiva thought Pashupata Shaivism, Shaiva Siddhanta and Pratyabhijna (Kashmir Shaivism).
Who reported the major schools of Shaivism?
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The answer: Vidyaranya

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Buddhists do not consider Siddhartha Gautama to have been the only Buddha. The Pali Canon refers to many previous ones (see List of the 28 Buddhas), while the Mahayana tradition additionally has many Buddhas of celestial, rather than historical, origin (see Amitabha or Vairocana as examples, for lists of many thousands Buddha names see Taisho Shinshu Daizokyo numbers 439448). A common Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist belief is that the next Buddha will be one named Maitreya (Pali: Metteyya).
How many Buddhas are considered to have existed in the Pali Canon?
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28