Do the scriptures mention about sleeping postures and mattresses?

Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863. Does the time of birth is mentioned anywhere?

Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva are the names of Pandavas. Pandu is the father of Pandavas. Kunti is mother of Yudhishthira, Bhima and Arjuna. Madri is mother of Nakula and Sahadeva. Dhritarashtra is the elder brother for Pandu and Gandhari is a wife of Dhritarashtra. In Mahabha...

Please let me know the source of shloka " Raghavo Vijayam Dadyad mama sitapatih prabhuhu " I want to know from where this mantra has been picked

I have read that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa would often teach devotion to less advanced disciples but would only teach Advaita to Vivekananda. Did Vivekananda worship any personal deity?

In garbha upanishad it says, “the colors are basically of seven types viz., white, red, black, smoky gray, yellow and golden white.” What are these seven types? How these are categories in 7 types? Thanks

I have already cited an alleged quote from Mahabharata that has not been authenticated. This quote is cited on this website in another post. All inauthentic material cited at HSE diminishes its value as a reference source. I understand that denigration of Hindu Gods and scripture is permissib...

What we're ignoring The tone of language does matter to the health of our site. Recently many rude/offensive comments and hatred posts have been observed. Most of us might be aware about the issue of brigading and sectarian targeting that we had once. One thing I wanted to point out when We ...

Vishnu can be called by name श्रिहान. It is not present in Vishnu Sahasranamam. Which scripture contains the name and what is the actual meaning of it?

I heard that Balinese Hindus always include non-vegetarian in their diet including pork and beef. Is this true?

If you see all marriage mantras or mantras to praise God written only in Sanskrit, why can't those mantras still not getting converted to local languages like hindi, telugu, tamil, malayalam etc so that everyone can understand. Some people say that syllables are important in mantras but dont we...

Why is one user banned for a year while the other only for 7 days? Why is one user's recent post deleted by a mod as offensive and also warned in comments not to ask such anti-XYZ questions, but not the other? What steps are mods taking that their actions are not biased? To a lay user like mys...