According to tradition, the Mahabharata war took place around 3000 BC. But Jainism flourished much later. There is a narration in Adi Parva which involves a Jain ascetic. Takshaka (the king of the serpents) took the disguise of a Jain ascetic and ran away with the earrings that Utanaka was carryi...

Patanjali yoga sutras discuss five types of Chitta vrittis. One among them is vikalpa. The following is the sloka which defines vikalpa. शब्दज्ञानानुपाती वस्तुशून्यो विकल्पः Śabdajñānānupātī vastuśūnyo vikalpaḥ Vikalpa proceeds from a verbal cognition about something which is devoid of reality [...

Shri Sarvananda of Meharpitha is one of the foremost Tantrik saint, it is said that he still lives through a mystic process called "कायपरिवत्तैन" (Kay-Pari-Vatt-Tayn). Shri Sarvananda who is more popularly known as Sarva-Vidya Thakur experienced all the Ten MahaVidyas in one go, in there isolated...

I remember reading a small Sanskrit work which was supposed to be an addendum of Mahabharata, which summarizes the war and gives dates according to Hindu calendar. I can't recall where I read it or it's name. What is the war summary addendum of Mahabharata? Please post a link

Dr. S. Balakrishna concluded a date of 2559 BCE using consecutive lunar eclipses. Prof. I.N. Iyengar concluded a date of 1478 BCE using double eclipses and Saturn+Jupiter conjunctions. Dr. B.N. Achar states a date of 3067 BCE using planetary positions listed in the Mahabharata. Shri P.V. Holey s...

सन्त्यक्तकिटिरूपोऽसौ मूको नामासुरस्तदा । कलावीशापकाराय कर्नाटे सम्भविष्यति । मधु नाम वहन्नेष व्याससूत्राणि केवलम् । द्वैतमार्गानुसारेण व्याख्यास्यति सुमूढधीः ॥ (पराशरसंहिता ) There was an evil-minded Rakshasa named MUka. Having given up his wild boar form, he was known as an asura named MUka. ...

Lalita Sahasra namam is very popular devotional song on Lalita, the Goddess of Shaktism, mostly in South India, played in many temples. The song is sung describing the eternal beauty of the Goddess from head to toe and then attributing the limitless power and charm, as inherent in her. The symbo...

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