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Timelines for 12 major battles between the Devas and Danavas
Many Puranas talk about 12 major battles between the Danavas and Devas. As per Brahmanda Purana (3rd Canto, Ch 72), they are as follows:
Lord Narasimha fighting the Danavas
Lord Vamana binding the ...
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Are there any popular works attributed to Govinda Bhagvatpada?
Govind Bhagvatpada was Guru (teacher) of Adi Shankaracharya who has preached Advaita (one of the most popular philosophy/doctrine of Vedanta). According to Advaita Guruparampara, he was Shisya (...
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What was the name of the Sage in the story narrated by Sita?
Sita narrated an old episode about a Sage(Rishi) to Sri Rama, in the Dandaka forest.The narration is as under:-
Once upon a time, oh, dexterous one, there was a pious and true worded hermit in some ...
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Was Seeta ji born as a blessing from Shiva?
We know that Shri Rama took birth to rid the three worlds of the tyranny of Ravana. But I recently came across a verse in the Valmiki Ramayan that says that Seeta was also born for the same purpose!
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Was the Akshay Patra ever used before Mahabharat?
Chapter 9 of Book 12 of the Devi Bhagvat Puran mentions the following benediction by Devi Gayatri to Rishi Gautam:
Thus praised and worshipped, the World-Mother appeared and gave to the Risi one ...
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What are the major schools of Kashmir Shaivism?
One of the nondual Agamic traditions is the Kashmir Shaiva agama.
What are the major schools of this tradition?
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Why are crackers used on Diwali?
I don't know if this question is related on not. But why and how Diwali, a festival of lights turned into a festival of crackers? How this all started?
Is there any relation of this festival with ...
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Why all Hindus won't celebrate Hanuman Jayanti on same day?
In South India, especially Tamil Nadu Hanuman Jayanthi is celebrated
on the Margazhi month of Moola nakshathram. It is said that Lord
Hanuman was born during that month.
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What surviving works of the Rudra Sampradayam are there before Vallabhacharya?
As I discuss in my question here, Vishnu is said to have taught the principles of Vaishnavism to four disciples: Lakshmi, Brahma, Shiva and Sanatkumara. And in turn they started the four main ...
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Timeline of the battle of the ten kings in the Vedas
What is the timeline of the battle of the 10 kings mentioned in the Vedas? What are the circumstances that lead to the battle and also, what is the best account(translated) of the events surrounding ...
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What are the weapons created by Sage Dadhichi's bone?
I have heard a story that many weapons including Indra's Vajra was created with Sage Dadhichi's bone.
Was only one weapon (Vajra) created? If no, then I want to know exactly which weapons are created?...
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Where is the account of Shishupala's atrocities in Dvaraka?
In Chapter 44 of the Sabha Parva of Mahabharata, during the Rajasuya Yajna of Yudhishthira, Shishupala criticises Krishna using many insults, and then Krishna retorts to Shishupala's insults directed ...
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Who was the god of death before yama?
Yama is a post created for specific jeevatamans to take charge of Judgement of Jeevatmas and their karma in Bhuloka/Mrityuloka. Before Yama or Dharmaraja who was the king of Yamaloka ? Also, in which ...
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Do characters in the same Brahmavidya always have the same caste?
As I discuss in the this answer, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage ...
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How do Dvaitins interpret the Advaita-sounding prayer of Prahlada?
In this chapter of the Vishnu Purana, Prahlada is thrown off a cliff and into the sea by Hiranyakashipu's men. Unfazed by this, he prays to Vishnu:
I glorify the supreme deity Vishńu, the ...
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