Kashi has several other names besides Varanasi.
Are there other religious cities that have multiple names that denote different aspects of the city (like the name Avimukta Of Kashi = "never forsaken by Siva")?
@TheLittleNaruto - why was my comment edited here ? https://hinduism.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2449/would-moderators-please-look-into-serial-unupvoting-of-my-years-old-questions-an
In a Muslim apologist video, they say that there is a story in the Puranas about Lord Vishnu sitting under a banyan tree and seeing a beautiful woman walk by. Lord Vishnu was so enamoured by this woman that he forgot all of his duties and responsibilities. When I tried to find scriptural basis fo...
When Shurpanakha goes to eat Sita, Rama restrains her and asks Lakshmana to disfigure her.
इमाम् विरूपाम् असतीम् अतिमत्ताम् महोदरीम् |
राक्षसीम् पुरुषव्याघ्र विरूपयितुम् अर्हसि || ३-१८-२०
"She is freakish, knavish and overtly ruttish, oh, tigerly man, it will be apt of you to deface this paunc...
When fear, worry, stress inspires the so-called devotee towards worshipping of god, but the absence of these qualities does not, what is the philosophical view?
Bard says,
"the Shakti Peethas are the places where the body parts of Sati, the consort of the god Shiva, fell when she was immolated by her father, Daksha Prajapati. Shiva, in his grief, carried Sati's corpse around the world, destroying everything in his path. Eventually, Vishnu used his Sudars...
I always regarded idol worship requiring the external, physical, gross, but here it says:
The Deity form of the Lord is said to appear in eight varieties —
stone, wood, metal, earth, paint, sand, the mind or jewels. [SB -
11.27.12]
Are there any advantages to mind-based idolatry? Or does it rea...
This video says Ramayana is real history.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gv5dP8fvb7M
This shouldn't be necessary - but the repeated actions of one poster makes it so.
NOTE:
the youtube video is the motivation for the question. The question is totally independent of the video.
Anyone have the access to the book named as Jaati Vilas by Mahirishi Marichi. Or Maybe it is written by some other author ?
But the name of the book is the same - Jaati Vilas. It is in Sanskrit.
From where can I find it ?
When Shurpanakha goes to eat Sita, Rama restrains her and asks Lakshmana to disfigure her.
इमाम् विरूपाम् असतीम् अतिमत्ताम् महोदरीम् |
राक्षसीम् पुरुषव्याघ्र विरूपयितुम् अर्हसि || ३-१८-२०
"She is freakish, knavish and overtly ruttish, oh, tigerly man, it will be apt of you to deface this paunc...
1sita nam mahima
Sita nam mahima in lomash samhita
I couldn't find nam mahima of mata Sita
When fear, worry, stress inspires the so-called devotee towards worshipping of god, but the absence of these qualities does not, what is the philosophical view?
I realize Brahm Muhurat begins at 4 AM (or is it 4:30 AM?) but can one take bath and perform morning ablutions starting at 3 AM?
Can we change our poonal or janeu(sacred thread) on bhadra kaal which is on 30th august 2023.
if yes, then the right timing for changing?!
Anyone have the access to the book named as Jaati Vilas by Mahirishi Marichi. Or Maybe it is written by some other author ?
But the name of the book is the same - Jaati Vilas. It is in Sanskrit.
From where can I find it ?
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