Vayavya

Vayavya Vayavya is a celestial weapon. Arjuna used it on the 12th day of war against the Samshaptakas on the 12th day of war, to dispel the arrowy downpour shot by his foes. Vayavya was also the name of Bhima’s bow. Vayavya is also the name of one of the…

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Vedic Cosmology

Vedic Cosmology In Vedic Cosmology, the universe is cyclically created and destroyed. The timeline suggested in Vedas and Puranas is considered by some to be the closest to modern scientific timelines. It suggests that the Big Bang is not the beginning of everything, but is just the start of a present cycle preceded by…

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Vibhishana

Vibhishana Vibhishana (Devanagari: विभीषण IAST: Vibhīṣaṇa or Bibhishan) was a king of Lanka in the legendary epic Ramayana. He was younger brother of the Rakshasa king Ravana of Lanka. Though a Rakshasa himself, Vibhishana was of a noble character and advised Ravana, who kidnapped and abducted Sita, to return her to her husband Rama in an orderly fashion and promptly which Ravana refused sternly. When Ravana did…

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Vibhitaka

Vibhitaka Tree Vibhitaka or Terminalia bellirica, known as bahera or beleric or bastard myrobalan, (Sanskrit: Vibhitaka विभितक, Aksha अक्ष ), is a large deciduous tree common on plains and lower hills in Southeast Asia, where it is also grown as an avenue tree. The basionym is Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 90, t. 97. 1791). William Roxburgh transferred M. bellirica to Terminalia as…

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Vichitravirya

Vichitravirya Vichitravirya (Sanskrit: विचित्रवीर्य, vicitravīrya) was the son of Shantanu, the king of Hastinapur and Satyavati. He was the grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas. Vichitravirya had an elder brother named Chitrāngada, whom his half-brother Bhishma placed on the throne of the kingdom of the Kurus after Shantanu’s death. He was a mighty warrior but the king of the Gandharvas defeated and…

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Vidura

Vidura Vidura (Sanskrit: विदुर, lit. skilled, intelligent or wise) was the brother of Dhritarashtra and Pandu, and functioned as the main Counsellor to king Dhritarashtra. He was thus the uncle of the Pandavas and Kauravas. Vidura was born from Niyoga- between sage Vyasa and Parishrami, a handmaiden to the queens- Ambika and Ambalika. Ambika and Ambalika were wives of king Vichitravirya

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Vikarna

Vikarna Vikarna was one of the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra. On the 12th day of war The youthful Vikarna of great wisdom resisted Shikhandin, the youthful son of Yajnasena, as the latter advanced in that battle. Yajnasena’s son then covered the former with showers of arrows. The mighty son Vikarna,…

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