It was a situation where I was living Abroad, where I had to leave my Mother in India for last 2 years of her life ( she lived for 75 yrs) and I was planning to bring her back to my house in her last stages. I planned her travel 1 month later to my place, and she passed away just 10 days before m...
Jaidev goswami in Gita Govinda mentions about Radha , are there any prior references to her? Who is the first well known saint to have mentioned Radha in his works?
as soon as I increase my efforts on SE I just find more janitoring needing to be done. If I set out to answer more questions I will almost certainly find myself tag cleaning and editing instead
Why not? There are many incidents only mentioned in Puranas and not in Mahabharata. It is the characteristic of Puranas to detail about lineage of great kings.
O brāhmaṇa, authorities on the matter understand a Purāṇa to contain ten characteristic topics: the creation of this universe, the s...
A lot of scriptures talk about saranagathi. For eg., the charamaslokam of the Bhagavad Gita. Also, the Ramayana talks about it.
It is often translated loosely into english as 'surrender'. However, I feel this english translation does not convey the correct meaning.
What is the true meaning of ...
In Quora's answers, like this: https://www.quora.com/Who-was-Ghatotkacha-What-was-role-of-Gatotkacha-in-Mahabharata-War. He says that Ghatotkacha had Ravana's bow, demons of Ravana's clan and even his floats. This is true?
I have seen people who say that Harivamsha is part of Mahabharata, and in fact people use it as a source, and that there is a version of Harivamsha made by BORI.
But other people say it's not a canon, so my question is, is Harivamsha a canon source or not?
Jaidev goswami in Gita Govinda mentions about Radha , are there any prior references to her? Who is the first well known saint to have mentioned Radha in his works?
Why not? There are many incidents only mentioned in Puranas and not in Mahabharata. It is the characteristic of Puranas to detail about lineage of great kings.
O brāhmaṇa, authorities on the matter understand a Purāṇa to contain ten characteristic topics: the creation of this universe, the s...
Why is going to beach or near to the sea areas are not adviced to the newly wed couples for atleast first 6 months as per hindu beliefs?
A lot of scriptures talk about saranagathi. For eg., the charamaslokam of the Bhagavad Gita. Also, the Ramayana talks about it.
It is often translated loosely into english as 'surrender'. However, I feel this english translation does not convey the correct meaning.
What is the true meaning of ...
Bhagavata Purana is silent about what happened to residents of Vrindavan after Krishna left Vrindavana.
What exactly happened to them?
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