[spacer height=”20px”] KurmaKurma (Sanskrit: कूर्म; Kūrma, lit. turtle) is the second of the ten Avatars of Vishnu. Like other avatars of Vishnu, Kurma appears at a time of crisis to restore the cosmic equilibrium. Sage Durvasa had cursed the Devas to be mortal and fade away. The gods needed nectar of immortality (Amrita) to overcome this curse, and they…
Kuru (Sanskrit: कुरु) was the name of a Vedic Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India, encompassing the modern-day states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and western part of Uttar Pradesh, which appeared in the Middle Vedic period (c. 1200 – c. 850 BCE) and developed into the first recorded state-level society in…
Kusamba Kusamba, also known as Manivahana, was the third son of Vasu Uparichara, the Chedi king and Girika [Mahabharata: Shantanu, Ganga, Bhishma and Satyavati].
Lakshamana In Mahabharata Lakshmana was the son of Duryodhana. On the 12th day of war Duryodhana’s son, Lakshmana, resisted the slayer of the Patachcharas, him, that is, who is regarded by both the armies as the bravest of the brave. The latter, however, cutting off both the bow and the…
Lokapalas The guardians of the cardinal directions are called the Lokapalas (लोकपाल), or Dikpalakas. The four principal guardians are: Kubera (North) Yama (South) Indra (East) Varuṇa (West)
Lomaharshana Lomaharshana was one of the principal disciples of Vyasa. He was the father of Suta Ugrashrava, who narrated the Mahabharata to Shaunaka and other Rishis in Naimisharanya.
Madhu Madhu was an Asura who, along with his brother Kaitabha, attacked Narayana when he was in Yoganidra. Narayana tricked Madhu and Kaitabha and killed them both with Sudarshana Chakra. Krishna is also known as Madhusudana, the slayer of Madhu.
Madri Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री; IAST: Mādrī) was a princess of the Madra Kingdom who married Pandu, the king of Hastinapur. When Pandu was cursed by Rishi Kindama that he will die if he joins his wives in sexual intercourse, Kunti, with his permission, invokes, through the boon bestowed to her by Rishi Durvasa before marriage, the Gods Yama, Vayu…
Magadha Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar, and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas, ‘Great Countries’ of ancient India. Magadha played an important role in the development of Jainism and Buddhism, and two of India’s greatest empires, the Maurya Empire and Gupta Empire, originated in Magadha. The Mauryan Empire and Gupta Empire, both of which originated in…