Narikelas
Narikela tree Nārikela (नारिकेल)—Sanskrit word for a plant “coconut palm” (Cocos nucifera).
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Narayanas
Narayanas The army of Krishna is called the Narayanas or Gopalas. This army fought along side Duryodhana. The Narayanas joined the Samshaptakas and fought with Arjuna on the 12th day of war.
Naraka
Naraka In Mahabharata Naraka was an Asura, son of Goddess Earth born to Varaha, an avatar of Vishnu. Earth had obtained Vaishnava weapon from Narayana to make her son Naraka invincible. He was the king of Pragjotisha. One of his descendents was Bhagadatta, who fought along side Duryodhana and who…
Nila
Nila In Mahabharata Fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war, Nila is killed by Ashwatthama Dhritarashtra’s sons, Durjaya, Jaya, and Vijaya, resisted Nila, and the ruler of the Kashis, and Jayatsena, three against. The combat between those warriors deepened and gladdened the hearts of the spectators like…
Niyoga
Niyoga Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) was an ancient tradition in India, in which a woman (whose husband is either incapable of fatherhood or has died without having a child) would request and appoint a man for helping her bear a child. According to this tradition, the man who was appointed must be or…
Nakula
Nakula Nakula was the fourth of the five Pandava brothers. Nakula and Sahadeva were twins born to Madri, who had invoked the Ashwini Kumaras. Nakula had two wives: Draupadi and Karenuvati of Chaidya kingdom. Draupadi was common wife of Pandavas. Nakula’s son with Draupadi was Shatanika and Niramitra was his son…
Narada
Narada Narada (Sanskrit: नारद, Nārada) is a Vedic sage, famous in Hindu traditions as a traveling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom. He appears in a number of Hindu texts, notably the Mahabharata telling Yudhishtira the Prahlada story the Ramayana as warning Ravan. as well as in the Puranas. Once God…
Nara-Narayana
Nara-NarayanaNara-Narayana (Sanskrit: नर-नारायण; nara-nārāyaṇa) is a Hindu deity pair. Nara-Narayana is the twin-brother avatar of the God Vishnu on earth, working for the preservation of dharma or righteousness. In the concept of Nara-Narayana, the human soul Nara is the eternal companion of the Divine Narayana.The Hindu epic Mahabharata identifies the God Krishna (an avatar of Vishnu) with Narayana and Arjuna – the chief hero of the epic…
Narayana
NarayanaNarayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: Nārāyaṇa, also Narayan) is the supreme absolute being in Hinduism and is considered as the supreme deity in Vaishnavism. The Bhagavata Purana declares Narayana as the Para Brahman(Supreme Lord) who creates unlimited universes and enters each one of them as Lord of the Universe.Narayana engages in the creation of 14 worlds within the universe as Brahma when he…
Naimisharanya
Chakra Tirtha and Vishnu Temple in Naimisharanya Naimiṣāraṇya Naimisharanya or the Naimisha forest is an ancient forest mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Puranas. It lays on the banks of the Gomti River of Uttar Pradesh, about 90 kms from Lucknow.The narration of the current version of Mahabharata that we have today took place at Naimisharanya during a conclave…
Narayanas
Narayanas The army of Krishna is called the Narayanas or Gopalas. This army fought along side Duryodhana. The Narayanas joined the Samshaptakas and fought with Arjuna on the 12th day of war.
Naraka
Naraka In Mahabharata Naraka was an Asura, son of Goddess Earth born to Varaha, an avatar of Vishnu. Earth had obtained Vaishnava weapon from Narayana to make her son Naraka invincible. He was the king of Pragjotisha. One of his descendents was Bhagadatta, who fought along side Duryodhana and who…
Nila
Nila In Mahabharata Fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war, Nila is killed by Ashwatthama Dhritarashtra’s sons, Durjaya, Jaya, and Vijaya, resisted Nila, and the ruler of the Kashis, and Jayatsena, three against. The combat between those warriors deepened and gladdened the hearts of the spectators like…
Niyoga
Niyoga Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) was an ancient tradition in India, in which a woman (whose husband is either incapable of fatherhood or has died without having a child) would request and appoint a man for helping her bear a child. According to this tradition, the man who was appointed must be or…
Nakula
Nakula Nakula was the fourth of the five Pandava brothers. Nakula and Sahadeva were twins born to Madri, who had invoked the Ashwini Kumaras. Nakula had two wives: Draupadi and Karenuvati of Chaidya kingdom. Draupadi was common wife of Pandavas. Nakula’s son with Draupadi was Shatanika and Niramitra was his son…
Narada
Narada Narada (Sanskrit: नारद, Nārada) is a Vedic sage, famous in Hindu traditions as a traveling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom. He appears in a number of Hindu texts, notably the Mahabharata telling Yudhishtira the Prahlada story the Ramayana as warning Ravan. as well as in the Puranas. Once God…
Nara-Narayana
Nara-NarayanaNara-Narayana (Sanskrit: नर-नारायण; nara-nārāyaṇa) is a Hindu deity pair. Nara-Narayana is the twin-brother avatar of the God Vishnu on earth, working for the preservation of dharma or righteousness. In the concept of Nara-Narayana, the human soul Nara is the eternal companion of the Divine Narayana.The Hindu epic Mahabharata identifies the God Krishna (an avatar of Vishnu) with Narayana and Arjuna – the chief hero of the epic…
Narayana
NarayanaNarayana (Sanskrit: नारायण, IAST: Nārāyaṇa, also Narayan) is the supreme absolute being in Hinduism and is considered as the supreme deity in Vaishnavism. The Bhagavata Purana declares Narayana as the Para Brahman(Supreme Lord) who creates unlimited universes and enters each one of them as Lord of the Universe.Narayana engages in the creation of 14 worlds within the universe as Brahma when he…
Naimisharanya
Chakra Tirtha and Vishnu Temple in Naimisharanya Naimiṣāraṇya Naimisharanya or the Naimisha forest is an ancient forest mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Puranas. It lays on the banks of the Gomti River of Uttar Pradesh, about 90 kms from Lucknow.The narration of the current version of Mahabharata that we have today took place at Naimisharanya during a conclave…