Mahabharata Savitri Vyasa took three years to compose Mahabharata, following which Narada narrated this to the Devas, Asita Devala to the Pitris, Shuka to Yakshas and Rakshasas and Vaishampayana to the humans (नारदॊऽश्रावयद्दॆवानसितॊ दॆवलः पितॄन्। रक्षॊ यक्षान्शुकॊ मर्त्यान् वैशंपायन ऎव तु॥). Vyasa taught the entire Mahabharata through these four verses…
Mahendra Mahendra is another name of Indra. Mahendra was the name of Yudhishthira’s bow. Mahendra is one of the thousand names of Vishnu.
MandaraMandara (Sanskrit: मंदर) is the name of the mountain that appears in the Samudra manthan episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk. Mahadev’s serpent, Vasuki, offered to serve as the rope pulled on one side by a team of Asuras, and on the other,…
Manimat Manimat fought along side Yudhishthira. on the 12th day of war Bhurishravas, Somadatta’s son, for enhancing the glory of Drona, resisted king Manimat of great activity as the latter came to fight. Then Manimat quickly cut off the bowstring, the standard, the banner, the charioteer and the umbrella of…
ManvantaraManvantara or age of a Manu, the progenitor of humanity, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit word, a compound of manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span. Each Manvantara is created and ruled by a specific Manu, who in turn is created by Brahma, the Creator…
Markandeya Markandeya (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय)( IAST: Mārkaṇḍeya) is an ancient rishi (sage) born in the clan of Bhrigu Rishi. The Markandeya Purana especially, comprises a dialogue between Markandeya and a sage called Jaimini, and a number of chapters in the Bhagavata Purana are dedicated to his conversations and prayers. He is also mentioned in the Mahabharata. Today, Markandeya Tirtha, where the sage Markandeya…
Mavella Mavella was the fourth son of Vasu Uparichara, the Chedi king and Girika. Also see… [Mahabharata: Shantanu, Ganga, Bhishma and Satyavati].
MeruMount Meru (Sanskrit: मेरु) or Sineru or Mahameru is a sacred cosmological mountain with five peaks in Hindu cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.Many famous Hindu temples have been built as symbolic representations of this mountain. The dimensions attributed to Mount Meru, all references to it being as a part of the Cosmic…
MohiniMohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the only female avatar of Vishnu. She is portrayed as an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Soon after Amrita was born of Samudra Manthana, Vishnu takes the form of Mohini, acquires the pot of Amrita from thieving Asuras, and gives it back to the Devas, helping them…