edgepedia

All articles A–Z

519,064 articles

Angamardaprasamana Kasaya Curna

Aṅgamardapraśamana kaṣāya cūrṇa (Angamardaprasamana Kasaya Curna) is a ten-ingredient Ayurvedic kvātha cūrṇa from Caraka Samhita Sutrasthana 4.44, AFI000474, dose 48 g/day, used for body-ache (angamarda).

Angampora

Angampora (angam pora) is Sri Lanka's indigenous Sinhalese martial art: unarmed striking, locks, wrestling, and pressure points, plus Illangam weapons and Maya Angam incantations; banned under British rule after 1815, declared National Heritage in 2019.

Anganwadi (आंगनवाड़ी)

Anganwadi (आंगनवाड़ी): Indian community child care centre under the ICDS scheme, launched 2 October 1975, delivering nutrition, preschool education, immunization, and health services to children under six and mothers; now under Poshan 2.0.

Angara

The Angara (Ангара́) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, the only outflow of Lake Baikal and the largest tributary of the Yenisei, dammed for hydropower.

Angara (Ангара) (rocket family)

Angara (Ангара) is a Russian rocket family developed by Khrunichev, first flown in 2014 to replace Proton and Rockot; its heavy Angara-A5 first launched from Vostochny in 2024.

Angara Airlines Flight 2311

Angara Airlines Flight 2311 (AGU-2311), An-24RV RA-47315, crashed near Tynda, Russia on 24 July 2025, killing all 48 aboard; MAK found a QNH/QFE altimeter mismatch left it 600 m low.

Angarey

Angarey (انگارے, "burning coals") is a 1932 Urdu anthology published in Lucknow by four young writers; its 1933 government ban led to the Progressive Writers' Association.

Angarsk

Angarsk (Ангарск) is an industrial city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, founded in 1945, city since 1951, on the Angara river 46 km from Irkutsk, home to the Rosneft-owned Angarsk Petrochemical Company, East Siberia's largest refinery.

Angarskiy Rayon

Angarskiy Rayon (Ангарский район), an administrative district of Irkutsk Oblast centered on Angarsk; created 1993, merged into Angarsk Urban Okrug on 1 January 2015, area 114,872.2 ha, 14 settlements, population about 228,000.

Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou (Ανγκε Ποστέκογλου), Australian football manager born in Greece in 1965; won the 2015 Asian Cup with Australia, a treble with Celtic, and the 2025 Europa League with Tottenham before brief spells at Nottingham Forest and Al-Nassr.

Angeac-Charente Formation

Angeac-Charente Formation: Early Cretaceous lignitic bone bed in a Charente quarry, France, discovered 2008, dated ~140 Ma (Berriasian), a fossil-Lagerstätte with sauropods, ornithomimosaur herd, and 6,000 coprolites.

Angel

Angel: a supernatural messenger being in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hebrew mal'akh, Arabic malak/mala'ikah, Greek angelos). Distinguished by biblical messenger origins, Second Temple hierarchy speculation, Pseudo-Dionysius's nine orders, and Islam's six pillars of faith.

Angel (1982 film)

Angel (1982), also known as Danny Boy, is Neil Jordan's debut thriller starring Stephen Rea as an Armagh saxophonist who witnesses a murder and pursues revenge; produced by John Boorman, shot by Chris Menges, financed by Channel 4 and the Irish Film Board.

Angel (1984 film)

Angel is a 1984 American crime thriller directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil, starring Donna Wilkes as a teenage student who works as a Hollywood prostitute.

Angel (1999 TV series)

Angel (1999–2004), WB supernatural drama spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt; David Boreanaz stars as a vampire detective in noir Los Angeles; five seasons, 110 episodes.

Angel (2007 film)

Angel (2007) is François Ozon's first English-language period drama, adapted from Elizabeth Taylor's 1957 novel, starring Romola Garai as romance novelist Angel Deverell; it closed the 2007 Berlinale competition and divided critics.

Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Angel (1999–2004) is The WB's five-season spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt, following souled vampire Angel (David Boreanaz) running Angel Investigations in Los Angeles against Wolfram & Hart.

Angel (Lizzy McAlpine album)

Angel is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, released September 18, 2026 on Indigo Blue/RCA; a folk-influenced record produced with Mason Stoops and Taylor Mackall, inspired by Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, featuring Fleet Foxes on 'Soldier of the road'.

Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)

Angel is a 1997 Sarah McLachlan ballad from Surfacing, produced by Pierre Marchand, written after Jonathan Melvoin's heroin overdose, a top-5 Billboard hit via the City of Angels soundtrack, later famous from ASPCA ads and post-9/11 mourning.

Angel (Shaggy song)

Shaggy's "Angel" (feat. Rayvon), from Hot Shot (2000), released to radio January 9, 2001; samples "The Joker" and interpolates "Angel of the Morning"; US and UK number one in 2001.

Ángel Albino Corzo hydroelectric plant

The Ángel Albino Corzo hydroelectric plant, commonly known as Peñitas, is a 420 MW dam on the lower Grijalva River in Ostuacán, Chiapas, Mexico, run by CFE since 1987.

Angel and the Badman

Angel and the Badman is a 1947 American Western written and directed by James Edward Grant, starring John Wayne as wounded gunman Quirt Evans nursed by a Quaker family; the first film from Wayne's Patnel Productions, released by Republic on 15 February 1947, remade by Angel Studios in 2026 with Zachary Levi.

Ángel Ayora

Ángel Ayora (Ángel Ayora Fanegas), Spanish golfer born 2004 in Málaga; DP World Tour player, 2024 Rosa Challenge Tour winner, ten top-10s in his 2025 rookie season, managed by Javier Ballesteros.

Angel Balevski

Angel Balevski (Ангел Балевски) was a Bulgarian mechanical engineer who patented the gas counter-pressure casting method in 1961 and served as president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Angel Beats! (エンジェルビーツ!)

Angel Beats! (エンジェルビーツ!) is a 2010 13-episode original anime by Key, P.A. Works, and Aniplex, written by Jun Maeda and directed by Seiji Kishi, set in an afterlife high school where the SSS battlefront fights Angel, Kanade Tachibana.

Angel Bismark Curiel

Angel Bismark Curiel (born 1995), also billed Angel Bismark, is a Dominican-American actor raised in Liberty City, Miami, known for Esteban 'Lil Papi' Evangelista on FX's Pose (2018-2021) and for the film Critical Thinking.

Angel Blue

Angel Blue (Angel Joy Blue, born 1984, Los Angeles) is an American operatic soprano, two-time Grammy winner for Best Opera Recording (Porgy and Bess 2021; Fire Shut Up in My Bones 2023), Met Aida star, and 2022 Richard Tucker Award recipient.

Ángel Cabrera

Ángel Cabrera (El Pato), Argentine golfer born 1969 in Córdoba, winner of the 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters, later convicted of domestic violence and returned via the senior tour; distinct from the Spanish 1908 Open champion of the same name.

Angel City FC

Angel City FC, Los Angeles NWSL women's soccer club founded in 2020 by Uhrman, Portman, and Nortman; plays at BMO Stadium; record $250M Bay/Iger 2024 sale, 10% sponsorship community model, one 2023 playoff appearance.

Ángel Correa

Ángel Martín Correa Martínez, Argentine forward from Rosario who rose through San Lorenzo, survived 2014 open-heart surgery, spent 469 matches at Atlético Madrid, won the 2022 World Cup and Copa América 2021, and joined Tigres UANL in July 2025.