The seer for the Dattatreya Vajra Kavacham is identified as 'Kirātarūpī Mahārudrṛṣiḥ'. This is inferred from the lines in the kavacham, as taken from the Himavath kanda of Sri Rudrayamala: asya śrīdattātrēya vajrakavacha stōtramantrasya, kirātarūpī mahārudrṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup Chandaḥ, śrīdattātrēyō dē...

ashtottara-sataih purva pancasadbhis tu madhyama | kanyasi panca-vimsatya parimanam vidhiyate “One round of Mantra Yoga should be either one hundred and eight (108)times which is the best, or fifty (50)times which is medium or twenty (20) times which is the lowest.” From which scripture is it?

The archer is not named but He is assumed to be Rudra/Śarva. I mean by Vedas here: the saṁhitā, brāhmaṇa, āraṇyaka portions and the early upaniṣads

I ate carrots and cabbage during my Tuesday fasting so is my fast broken?

Mahadev i have a confession I had my upnayan in the age of 18 ( iam a Brahmin ) but before that i had a drink a sip of alcohol only 1 sip i know it will not effect the paap but then i was unable of Dharma i had done it in peer pressure of friends and now i regret , i have read in shiv puran that ...

In Pāñcarātra Bhagavatism, the four earthly emanations, or "Vyūhas", are identified as Saṃkarṣaṇa (Balarāma-Saṃkarṣaṇa, son of Vasudeva by Devakī), Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa (son of Vasudeva by Devakī), Pradyumna (son of Vāsudeva Kṛṣṇa by Rukmiṇī), and Aniruddha (son of Pradyumna). The first of these emanat...

Too simple a question to ask.. In Ramayana who is the ambassador sent by Rama to Ravana before the war? Angada as in the Hindi movie (Ramanand Sagar) or Hanuman as in the Telugu movie as well as in what is commonly known in the Valmiki Ramayana?