There are two traditions being followed with respect to the start of the month. Amavasyant (Amanta) tradition followed mainly in the western and southern states of India (namely Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu) considers a new moon occurring before sunrise on a day to be the first day of the lunar month. Purnimant tradition, on…
Muni Muni (Sanskrit मुनि , “silent”, the “Mauna” – pause) – a term for types of ancient Indian sages and hermits or ancient Indian ascetics. Sages of this type are said know the truth of existence not on the basis of scientific texts but through self-realization. In Rigveda the name mūni refers to a known Vedic Rishi who was prosperous…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ಕರ್ಣನ ಕುರಿತು ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರ-ನಾರದರ ಸಂವಾದ ಶಾಂತಿ ಪರ್ವ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 1 ಶಾಂತಿ ಪರ್ವ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 2 ಶಾಂತಿ ಪರ್ವ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 3 ಶಾಂತಿ ಪರ್ವ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 4 ಶಾಂತಿ ಪರ್ವ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 5
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…
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…
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.