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Kanshi (poetry)

Kanshi (漢詩), or Japanese kanshi, is Japanese poetry written in classical Chinese, composed from the seventh century until the early twentieth century, distinct from waka and haiku.

Kanshi Ram (कांशी राम), also Bahujan Nayak or Manyavar, 1934-2006, Indian political organizer who founded BAMCEF, DS-4, and the Bahujan Samaj Party (1984), built Bahujan electoral mobilization of Dalits, OBCs, and minorities, and mentored Mayawati.

Kanshitsu

Kanshitsu (乾漆, dry lacquer) is a Japanese sculpting technique that stiffens hemp cloth with lacquer, flourishing in the Nara period (710–794) for Buddhist statues and gigaku masks.

Kanshō famine

The Kanshō famine (寛正の大飢饉), also called the Chōroku–Kanshō famine, was a nationwide famine in Japan from 1459 to 1461, with some 82,000 starvation deaths recorded in Kyoto.

Kanstantsin Lukaschyk

Kanstantsin Lukaschyk (Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Канстанцін Лукашык), Belarusian pistol shooter born 1975 in Hrodna; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in 50 m free pistol for the Unified Team at 16, and Olympian for Belarus 1996-2012.

Oct 15, 2026

KANT

KANT, a quasi-acronym for Computational Algebraic Number Theory, is a computer algebra system for algebraic number fields developed at Technische Universität Berlin, accessed through its freely available shell KASH.

Sep 21, 2026

Kanta Subbarao

Kanta Subbarao is a virologist and pediatric infectious diseases physician who directed the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne from 2016 to 2024.

Oct 20, 2026

Kanta-Häme

Kanta-Häme (Egentliga Tavastland), Finnish region, NUTS 3 FI1C2 in Southern Finland; 11 municipalities, center Hämeenlinna; 168,957 inhabitants (2025), declining population, GDP per capita 86 (EU27=100).

Kantai Collection

Kantai Collection (艦これ, KanColle) is a Japanese free-to-play browser fleet-training simulation launched April 23, 2013 on DMM GAMES, where admirals collect WWII Imperial Japanese Navy warships personified as ship girls (kanmusu), notable for its gacha-light resource economy and media-mix franchise.

Oct 10, 2026

Kantaka

Kantaka (कण्टक) was a novice of the Buddha's time, expelled in the Pali Vinaya for a false view and for sexual misconduct with a nun.

Kantaka Rasa

Kantaka rasa, formally Ajirna Kantaka Rasa (AFI000489), is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa yoga for indigestion (ajirna, agnimandya, visuchika); AFI dose 125–250 mg, classical recipe in Rasa Ratna Samuchchaya with mercury, sulphur, aconite.

Kantakaryavaleha

Kantakaryavaleha (Kantakari Avaleha, Kaṇṭakāryavaleha) is a classical Ayurvedic electuary, first described in the 12th-century Sharangdhara Samhita, based on Solanum xanthocarpum and used for asthma, cough, and hiccups; AFI dose 6-12 g.

Kantanagar Temple

Kantanagar Temple, also known as Kantaji Temple or Kantajew Temple, is a Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, built between 1704 and 1722 and famed for its terracotta plaques.

Kantapon Jindataweephol (กันตพงศ์ จินดาทวีผล)

Kantapon Jindataweephol (กันตภณ จินดาทวีผล), nicknamed Offroad, Thai singer-actor born 2000 in Hat Yai; LAZ iCON runner-up, ex-LAZ1 member, solo under OPEN LABEL, lead roles in Love in Translation, Century of Love, The Wicked Game.

Kantar Group

Kantar Group, a London-based global market research firm, was launched in 1992 and measures consumer behavior. It was acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital in 2019.

Kantara (ಕಾಂತಾರ) (film)

Kantara (ಕಾಂತಾರ), also Kantara: A Legend, is a 2022 Kannada action drama written, directed by, and starring Rishab Shetty for Hombale Films, built around the Bhoota Kola ritual; it grossed about ₹400 crore worldwide on a ₹16 crore budget.

Oct 3, 2026

Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1

Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1 is a 2025 Indian Kannada-language historical action film directed by and starring Rishab Shetty, a prequel to the 2022 film Kantara.

Oct 20, 2026

Kantavallabha rasa

Kantavallabha rasa (Kanta Vallabha Rasa), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral kupipakwa formulation of mercury, sulphur, iron bhasmas, borax, and realgar; AFI-listed (AFI000477, 250–500 mg) for anemia, splenic disorders, cough, dyspnea, and emaciation.

Sep 19, 2026

Kanté Manfila

Kanté Manfila, also written Kante Manfila, was a Guinean guitarist, singer, and bandleader who led Les Ambassadeurs alongside Salif Keita, with whom he recorded the hit "Mandjou".

Kanteera Wadcharathadsanakul (กานต์ธีรา วัชรทัศนกุล)

Kanteera Wadcharathadsanakul (กานต์ธีรา วัชรทัศนกุล, nickname Noey, born 1997) is a Thai singer and actress, a first-generation BNK48 Team BIII member (2017-2022), LYRA sub-unit member, center of Shonichi and Kimi wa Melody, now an actress in The Cheese Sisters, Reverse with Me, and 4 Elements: The Fire.

Kantele

Kantele, Finland's national instrument, is a Baltic psaltery zither related to kannel, kokle, and kanklės; ages from five carved strings to 40-string concert kanteles with Salminen's lever mechanism.

Kanteletar

Kanteletar is a collection of Finnish lyric folk poetry compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot, first published in 1840–1841 as a companion to the Kalevala, Finland's national epic.

Kantha

Kantha (Bengali: কাঁথা) is an embroidery and quilting tradition of Bengal, in which layers of old saris and dhotis are stitched together with running stitch.

Kanthapura

Kanthapura is a 1938 novel in English by the Indian writer Raja Rao, his first and best known, telling how Gandhi's non-cooperation movement transforms a remote South Indian village.

Kantharos Limen

Kantharos Limen (Κάνθαρος, Megas Limen), the largest natural gulf of the Piraeus peninsula and Athens' main ancient commercial harbour, named for its cup-like shape; prosperous 5th–4th c. BC, reorganized after Sulla's sack, still Piraeus' principal port.