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• Acharya Kashyapa (आचार्य काश्यपः)
  ...erson. This prefix was used by him to differentiate between other scholars who go by the same name “jivaka”.
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• Bakasura (बकासुरः)
  ...ain on the town. But this was not the entire story. He used to eat the man who delivered the supplies too, alive. Everyone was afraid of him and wanted to
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• Chitrasena (चित्रसेनः)
  ...sed Arjuna to remain a eunuch for life, it was Chitrasena along with Indra who mediated with her to reduce the tenure of her curse to a single year. Chitr
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• Hanuman (हनुमान्)
  ...lliant rising sun, and mistaking it to be some delicious food. He saw Rahu who was standing near the sun and made a leap towards him. When he came near, h
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• Acharya Madhavakara (आचार्य माधवकरः)
  A historian named Vrinda Madhava who composed “Siddha Yoga Sangraha” lived around the 9^th Cent CE ...fact, Acharya Madhava who lived in the Vanga region, and Acharya Vagbhata who lived in the Sindhu region must have experienced similar knowledge gap. Thu
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• Vysadi-Rshi Parampara (व्यासादिऋषिपरंपरा)
  ...a, Vishwamitra, Chyavana, Jamadagni belonged to along with the many others who are enlightened and whose vision has led us through the ages. In their deep ...of ancient vedic civilization. From Maharshi came rshis, followed by Gurus who brought along the Guru-shishya parampara. We are the descendents of such gr
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• Nru Yajna (नृयज्ञः)
  * Who is considered a guest ? Who is entitled to hospitality ? ...of food given to the fire in the form a Brahmana's mouth (vipra mukhagni), who is endowed with learning and austerities, saves one from great difficulties
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• Devaki (देवकी)
  ...Subsequently, Krishna freed his parents, and his grand-uncle [[Ugrasena]] (who had also been locked up).
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• Madhuvidya (मधुविद्या)
  ...s expertise and profession and because everything is there for him. Anyone who creates something for himself, can he, make it useless? For a gambler the e ...tar in the neem tree also and that madhu is none other than the paramatma, who has appeared as madhu rupa. ayameva soyah yamatma idam amritham idam brahma
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• Acharya Charaka (आचार्य चरकः)
  A physician who wanders from one place to another providing medical advice and treatment is == Who Was Acharya Charaka? ==
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• Sampradayasiddha Vishaya (संप्रदायसिद्धविषयः)
  ...s (mindset) and Karma (activities) for many generations of Bharatiyas. One who does not have the proper experience due to lack of upbringing (with these c ...in the present times. A similar situation is seen in the case of a student who picks up very important books in a library and hides them in a place to mak
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• Jagruteshvara Mahadeva Mandir
  '''About the Temple:''' This is a very ancient temple of Lord ''Śiva'', who is here in the name of ''Jāgṛuteśwar''. Interestingly, the ''yoni'' of
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• Dharma Yuddha (धर्मयुद्धम्)
  ...ow warriors were to deal with noncombatants. No one should attack an enemy who has temporarily lost or dropped their weapon. The lives of women, prisoners * No warrior may kill or injure a warrior who has surrendered. (Violated when Satyaki slew an unarmed Burishravas).
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• Simhika (सिंहिका)
  Kasyapa had 21 wives who were: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Arista, Surasa. Khasa, Surabhi, Vinata, Tamra, Kro SAIMHIKEYA (S). The Asuras (Demons) who were the sons of Simhika.. Two sons named Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu and
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• Vagdevi (वागदेवी)
  Who is this Vagdevi? What are her activities? And what is her nature? <bl ...am the the master of all that in the Rasthra and all wealth. I am the one who realies Param Brahman. In the context of the Yagna, I am the main devata. I
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• Kongahalli Mallikarjuna
  ...ing villages,towns, cities of the Districts from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, who are expected to attend. ...deity here is Mallikarjuna Swamy, the contemporary of Mahadeshwara Swamy who is worshiped all over the border area . The "udbhava murthy" is in the for
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• Paroksha (परोक्षम्)
  ...'') e.g. "''The eye, O Emperor, is the Supreme Brahman''" or "''This being who is in the right eye is named Indha. Though he is Indha , he is indirectly c ...er of the field, Brahman who exists but transcends all verbal expressions, who cannot be expressed in terms like existence and non-existence.
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• Bharat's Scholarly Views (धार्मिक विद्वत्समीक्षा)
  ...Williams was with the object of "exposing the roots of Hinduism" to people who believe in the Vedas and to prove to them that there is nothing of worth or ...ues, for there came about the distorted versions of it. Sir William Jones, who translated Shakuntala into English, had little opportunity to learn rudimen
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• Bali Chakravarti (बलिचक्रवर्तिः)
  ...famous donation of land in Hindu tradition is that by the Danav King Bali, who was the master of the entire Earth. He was asked for three paces of land by
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• Jivdani Mata Mandir
  ...ī'' impressed by ''mahar'', says: “with the ''puṇya'' of serving this cow, who is none other than ''kāmadhenu'', you can cross this un-crossable ''vaitar ...man rather than her alone! The Devi then gave a boon that any barren woman who offers beetle nut near my cave will be blessed with children. Thus the anci
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