Polygamy in Vedas Krishna Yajur Veda 6.5.1.4 therefore as one goes many follow; therefore one becomes superior among many; therefore one wins many wives Polygamy in Ithihas: Mahabharata Adi Parva 1.160.36 There is no sin in this. For a man polygamy is an act of merit, but for a ...

As I discuss in my question here, Vishnu is said to have taught the principles of Vaishnavism to four disciples: Lakshmi, Brahma, Shiva and Sanatkumara. And in turn they started the four main Sampradayas or traditions of Vaishnavism: Sri Sampradayam, Brahma Sampradayam, Rudra Sampradayam, and Kum...

Inconsistent manuscripts[edit] The Puranas are a type of traditional Hindu texts that took form during the medieval period, often both informed by earlier material and undergoing later interpolations.[7] It is therefore problematic to assign a precise date to any Purana text.[6][52][57] Modern sc...

Sri Vaishnavas are the only Vaishnava sect that believes Krishna is an avatara of Vishnu. All other Vaishnava sects are Krishna-centric as they believe Vishnu to be an avatara of Krishna based on the one particular verse in the Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna tu svayam bhagavan. However, Sri Vaishnava...

Lord Buddha who is generally accepted as the 9th avatara of Vishnu is still rejected as to be one by many Hindus today. Many place Krishna, Balarama, Jagannatha or Vithala as the 9th avatara of Vishnu. I have also heard many Sri-Vaishnavas too reject him as an avatara. However, I would like to kn...

As per Advaita Vedanta of Adi Shankara, The Supreme reality i.e. Brahman is without any attributes. Advaita philosophy says that we perceive the world only owing to maya(ignorance).i.e. This world does not exists. But only Brahma exists who is non-dual. This is called AjatVada. So Advaita makes...

This question would be little long: Turn the animal’s feet northwards. Make its eyes go to the Sun, dismiss its breath to the wond, its life to the space, its hearing to the directions, its body to the earth. In this way the Hotar (priest) connets it with these world. Take of the entire...

Kaali drinking blood of raktabija. Bheem drinking blood of dushashana. Drapaudi intending to drink blood of bheem.

What is Nyaya philosophy in Hinduism? Is there any scripture for this Philosophy? Is it required to learn the basics of Hinduism?

In this Shlokha, when one talks about the geography of the Ancient India? Sloka as follows: Jambudveepe Bharatha Varshe Bharata Khande Here I got some different views from Different scholars consider it variously as either the 'Indian sub-continent' or the 'Asian continent' However we ca...

Background: The question Is the Gadhimai massacre a Hindu ritual? has an answer which says animal sacrifice is against the Hindu principles of ahimsa while the other answer says 'Animal sacrifice is spoken of in the Vedas. It belongs to another era.' probably discouraging animal sacrifices. Now...