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Stavacintamani is a composition of hymnal verses authored by Bhattanarayana, the great Siva-devotee of Kashmir. The Kashmiri Saivite writer Ksemaraja wrote a commentary on this book bringing out the philosophical, devotional and literary characteristics of the verses. The philosophical thoughts and the concept of devotion permeating within the verses follow the line of monistic Saivism of Kashmir also known as Pratyabhijna or Trik Philosophy. The Stavacintamani ...
Trafficking in persons--the illegal and highly profitable recruitment, transport, or sale of human beings for the purpose of exploiting their labour--is a slavery-like practice that must be eliminated. The trafficking of women and children into bonded sweatshop labour, forced marriage, forced prostitution, domestic servitude, and other kinds of work is a global phenomenon. Traffickers use coercive tactics including deception, fraud, intimidation, isolation, ...