Definitions for "Kuru"
Keywords:  guinea, cannibalism, tse, fore, tribe
A human TSE found in New Guinea and transmitted when people handled and ate the brains of their dead relatives.
rapidly progressive neurological disease that is invariably fatal. It occurred mainly in New Guinea with the Fore tribe when they practiced ritual cannibalism.
a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
the founder of the dynasty in which the Pandavas and Kauravas appeared.
the founder of the dynasty in which the Päëòavas, as well as their archrivals, the sons of Dhåtaräñöra, took birth.
A son of Manu and Nadvala, wife Agneyi gave birth to six sons, Anga and others
Kurukuru. A straight type of greenstone pendant. (Freeman & Geddes, 52.) (The most common type found in archaeological sites.) - - See "F" in Figure 62, in the page under the heading Types - click on Types in the top panel.
Keywords:  lira, equal
100 kurus equal 1 lira
Keywords:  dried
"dried"