Abhimanyu Abhimanyu (Sanskrit: अभिमन्यु) was the eldest son of Arjuna and Subhadra and was the eldest Upa-Pandava. He was the nephew of Krishna and was married to Uttarā, the princess of Matsya Kingdom. Abhimanyu was the reincarnation of Varchas, the son of moon-god (Chandra). When the Devas were consulting each other…
Achala Achala was the son of Subala, the Gandhara king. He was the brother of Shakuni and Gandhari, and thus the brother-in-law of Dhritarashtra and the maternal uncle of Duryodhana. Achala, along with his brother Vrishaka was killed by Arjuna on the 12th day of war. Arjuna kills Vrishaka and…
Achyuta Achyuta is another name of Krishna. It is also one of the thousand names of Vishnu.
Aditi In Mahabharata One of the 13 daughters of Daksha that were married to Kashyapa. Mother of the twelve Adityas.
Aditya Aditya is another name of Surya. Aditya is one of the thousand names of Vishnu. Aditya is also a weapon to dry the waters. Arjuna used this weapon in his fight with Shakuni on the 12th day of war for drying up the waters created by Shakuni’s illusions.
[spacer height=”70px”]Sun God – One of the Adityas Adityas Āditya (Sanskrit: आदित्य), meaning “of Aditi or related to Aditi”, refers to the offsprings of Aditi. Adityas are solar class deities. In the Rigveda, the Ādityas are the seven celestial deities, sons of Āditi, headed by Varuna, followed by Mitra: They are: Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Anśa or Aṃśa,…
Adrika Adrika was a Apsara living in the waters of Yamuna transformed by a Brahmana’s curse into a fish. Vasu’s seed fell into the water from the claws of the hawk and Adrika rapidly approached and swallowed it at once. That fish was, some time after, caught by the fishermen. It…
[spacer height=”20px”] Agastya Agastya was a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. In the Indian traditions, he is a noted recluse and an influential scholar in diverse languages of the Indian subcontinent. He and his wife Lopamudra are the celebrated authors of hymns 1.165 to 1.191 in the Sanskrit text Rigveda and other Vedic literature. Agastya appears in numerous itihasas and…
[spacer height=”80px”] Agni Agni (Sanskrit: अग्नि Agni) is the Rig Vedic deity of fire and the conveyor of sacrifices to the gods. He is also a god of divine knowledge, who leads man to the gods. He was one of the most important of the Vedic gods. Agni has three…