Do modern day bureaucrats comes under the kshatriya varna? Any example related to this from shastras?

Both Swami Vivekananda and Paramhamsa Yogananda are told be Enlightened advaitins Monks & Āchāryas. Both of them traveled "abroad" to foreign countries. In fact Paramhamsa Yogananda was settled and ultimately died in the USA. Now as per this & this QnA discussion: Brihan Naradiya Purana states "...

The following passage is from this answer quoted from Agni Purana An anuloma marriage is a marriage where the husband is from a higher class than the wife. The offspring of such a marriage belong to the mother’s class. A pratiloma marriage is a marriage where the wife is from a higher class than...

The Vaṭ, Bargad, or the Indian Banyan tree ( Ficus benghalensis ) is one of the most venerated trees within Hinduism. Several times, it's told by people that the tree is a combined representation of the Trimūrtis. Some people also say it's a direct manifestation of Lord Śhiva. This source says: ...

There is a popular belief for 5 Special Types of Banyan Trees that are considered to be of high "religio-theological" importance. These five "Super-Sacred Banyan Trees" are: 1. The AkṣhayaVaṭa ( अक्षयवट ): Fabled to be in the Prayāgrāja. (probably relating with the popular incident of Ṛṣi Mārka...

The two Sanskrit epics give the impression that the main epic-age weapons were bows & arrows. But bows & arrows were invented by Savages while main weapons of the horse-rider Barbarians were swords. Rig-Vedic tribes seem to be horse-rider Barbarians. I'm curious to know about the weapons describe...

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Pls explain. I don't know the meanings of these terms.

Why should Brahman the Absolute love to be called by three, and only three, different names? Do they Really love to be called so? Are Brahma, Vishnu & Mahesh names of the same God? Why should God the Almighty need, like silly, benighted humans, weapons (Brahmastra, Pashupatastra, etc.), armours (...

An yogi with proper practice can reach chidakasam, which is generally treated as Samadi state. The chidakasam (space intelligence) is beyond chittakasam (space of mind) and stulakasam (space of sensible/physical world). This can be understood from the following words fo Saraswathi to Lila "His s...