Dhritarashtra laments DhritarashtraIn the Mahabharata, Dhritarashtra (Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र, dhṛtarāshtra; lit. “a good king” is the King of Hastinapur at the time of the Kurukshetra War, the epic’s climactic event. He was born the son of Vichitravirya’s first wife Ambika, and was fathered by Veda Vyasa. Dhritarashtra was blind from birth,…
The Dwapara Yuga, also spelt as Pardhasaradhi Yuga, is the third out of four Yugas, or ages, described in the scriptures of Hinduism. Dvapara in Sanskrit literally means “two ahead”, that is, something in the third place. The Dvapara Yuga follows the Treta Yuga and precedes the Kali Yuga. According to the Puranas, this yuga ended at the moment when Krishna returned to his…
Ram-faced Daksha (right) propitiating Shiva in his Veerabhadra form DakshaDaksha is a Sanskrit word said to be a Prajapati (in-charge of creation) and one of the Brahma’s sons. The equivalent meaning in English is Competent.With his wife Prasuti, he is the father of fifty daughters, 27 of whom, representing the 27 Nakshatras, were married…