Utpaladeva argues that if consciousness did not have vimarsha,then it would be inert and dead.how is this the case.and during pralaya is vimarsha active?

In this answer of this question - Why is Surya referred to as Martanda?, it was described about Mārtāṇḍa, as follows: The Voice said: O sage, since this foetus of Aditi was pronounced slain by you, this son of yours will come to be called Martanda. 41-42. He will slay Asuras, the enemies who too...

Do the liberated beings after Mahakalpa are again thrown into Samsara ? Is the liberated stage after Moksha only for 1 kalpa ? If moksha is really permanent ? In the above picture it also says he went to Vaikuntha for 1 kalpa ( Varaha Puran { Motilal Banarsidas Edition}) In the Kathopanishad bha...

This question was asked by many political speakers in TN, just writing it here, if one could answer. None of the Kuntis sons are born for Pandu. Karna born to Sun, Yudishtra born to Dharm, and so on. If none of them are born to Pandu, how come they are Pandavas and how do they even get rights to ...

Vedas constantly praise Brahman with various names or superimposing attributes of brahman on various dieties. Like Sri rudram praises Rudra as Brahman,In such manner do they praise Agni,Varuna,Aditi,Saraswati,Savitar, Vishnu (though a major god today,exclude Purusha sukta and Narayana sukta pleas...

What is the meaning denoted by Varah avatar taking mother mahalakshmi on his lap? Since, every avatar and it's pictures/scriptures have certain meaning and denotation to make, what is the meaning of this particular aspect of Varah avatar.

I recently read about Nilavanti { Neelavanti } book just a description of it. Says it was a rare book not printed just written on a metal plate that too lost these days. It had recipes for alchemy, medicines for terminal diseases, and ways to interpret the language of birds, animals and other int...