Arjuna used Sammohanastra in Virat army that put the Kuru army to sleep. Sammohanastra is a weapon that puts an enemy to sleep. If somebody hurled agneyastraor fire weapon, then you counter attack with varunastra or water weapon. How do you counter Sammohanastra?

Bhaskararaya was a great Sri Vidya Acharya from Southern India. Being from the same Sampradaya as Adi Shankaracharya, (whom he credits with spreading the Sampradaya in his Guptavati Bhashya on Sri Durga Saptashati), he was an ardent upholder of Advaita, which is evident from his reference to the ...

Jayadratha unsuccessfully tried to kidnap Draupadi while they were in their exile. The Pandavas caught him and saved Draupadi. Why was Jayadratha pardoned, only to be the cause of Abhimanyu's death later in war?

Sharanga bow is wielded by Vishnu and his avatars Parashurama and Krishna. Gandiva bow was used by Arjuna. Gandiva was said to have been created by Brahma himself. Both of them were said to be powerful bows. Which bow is more powerful?

The online debate for dating Mahabharata is going strong between 3067 BCE and 5561 BCE groups on Twitter and YouTube. Both these years conjecture that there was an Adhika Masa during the year of Mahabharata War. But are there any explicit mentions of Adhika masa during Mahabharata War or any m...

Karna visited Bhishma when he is on the bed of arrows on the tenth day of the war after war is over for the day and Bhishma said he knew about Karna's birth. How did he know about Karna's birth if people said that Kunti kept the birth of Karna asecret?

Vyasa is one of the 7 chiranjeevis or immortals. He is considered to be the author of Mahabharata. How did he become immortal?

Ayodhya is the city where Rama was born and Ravana was said to have expanded Lanka. Did he attack Ayodhya in his lifetime?

https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m08/m08088.htm Then Drona's son, catching hold of Duryodhana's hand, and adopting a soothing tone, addressed thy son, saying, "Be gratified, O Duryodhana! Make peace with the Pandavas. There is no need for quarrel. Fie on war! The preceptor, conversant with the mi...