Reincarnation is a fundamental belief in the Hindu system regarding the evolutionary progress of the Atman's journey through Prakriti and mans mother seed Bumi to Moksa. If man is reborn as a God what do the scriptures say about the purpose of his journey within the ocean that is the all seein...

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Rig Veda Book 8 Hymn 1 is dedicated to Indra and sings his glories while calling him to partake of the soma juice being prepared for his sake. The ast verse of the hymn mentions something like this: 33 Playoga's son Āsaṅga, by ten thousand, O Agni, hath surpassed the rest in giving. For me ...

It is a belief amongst many that Tulsi should not be chewed. Some say that Tulsi is associated with Vishnu so one must not chew it. So where does it say Tulsi should not be chewed? Does it have scriptural basis?

Consider the following slokas from Srimad Bhagavatam SB 10.59.32: Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thus entreated by Goddess Bhumi in words of humble devotion, the Supreme Lord bestowed fearlessness upon her grandson and then entered Bhaumasura's palace, which was filled with all manner of riches...

In Kaliyuga, we are the human that having a defined heights and weights based on the gender male and female (apart from the abnormal person). Whereas in the other yugas, deity or other characters in scriptures having the same height and weight are any other differences between all yugas. Particu...

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Rig Veda Book 1 Hymn 22 enumerates many goddesses as the souses of the gods: 9 O Agni, hither bring to us the willing Spouses of the Gods, And Tvaṣṭar, to the Soma draught. 10 Most youthful Agni, hither bring their Spouses, Hotrā, Bhāratī, Varūtrī, Dhiṣaṇā, for aid. 11 Spouses of Hero...

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So, both of these shlokas are used in the bollywood movie Vaastav. I deduced that these shlokas must have come from Mahabharatha and not the Geeta because I felt it is inconsistent with the Geeta narration. I googled the shlokas and did not find any useful information about them. Now, I say Mah...

Recently I came across few questions in our meta which were "polling" in nature. I too asked my previous question of same type. In a way such questions potentially could be close-able as "opinion based", because the answers would vary based on user's own experience. But due to their specific nat...