charioteer
noun
char·i·ot·eer
ˌcher-ē-ə-ˈtir 
ˌcha-rē-
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Like Timothée Chalamet’s dashingly coifed hero — who steers monstrous sandworms over the desert like a charioteer — Villeneuve puts on a great show.
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Again, look for Auriga, the charioteer turned goat farmer in the low eastern evening sky.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
The Bhagavad Gita is 700-verse Hindu scripture, written in Sanskrit, that centers on a dialog between a great warrior prince named Arjuna and his charioteer Lord Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu.
—James Temperton, WIRED, 21 July 2023
His charioteer Krishna, who eventually reveals himself to be God, attempts to convince Arjuna to fight by teaching him three types of yoga: bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion; jnana yoga, the yoga of sacred knowledge; and karma yoga, the yoga of selfless action.
—Jeremy David Engels, Fortune Well, 21 June 2023
The charioteer represents reason.
—Juliana Piskorz, refinery29.com, 20 May 2021
It’s best found by identifying its brightest star Capella, which marks the charioteer's shoulder.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
Ancient Greece Plato compares the human will to a charioteer, driven by two horses, one representing our rational or moral impulses, and the other our irrational passions and appetites.
—Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2017
Early on, due to the association with chariots used only for fighting, yoga also meant warlike, and people believed a charioteer killed in battle was taken up to the heavens in a divine yoga.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2017
Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Again, look for Auriga, the charioteer turned goat farmer in the low eastern evening sky.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
The Bhagavad Gita is 700-verse Hindu scripture, written in Sanskrit, that centers on a dialog between a great warrior prince named Arjuna and his charioteer Lord Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu.
—James Temperton, WIRED, 21 July 2023
His charioteer Krishna, who eventually reveals himself to be God, attempts to convince Arjuna to fight by teaching him three types of yoga: bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion; jnana yoga, the yoga of sacred knowledge; and karma yoga, the yoga of selfless action.
—Jeremy David Engels, Fortune Well, 21 June 2023
The charioteer represents reason.
—Juliana Piskorz, refinery29.com, 20 May 2021
It’s best found by identifying its brightest star Capella, which marks the charioteer's shoulder.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
Ancient Greece Plato compares the human will to a charioteer, driven by two horses, one representing our rational or moral impulses, and the other our irrational passions and appetites.
—Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2017
Early on, due to the association with chariots used only for fighting, yoga also meant warlike, and people believed a charioteer killed in battle was taken up to the heavens in a divine yoga.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2017
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