Results for "Mahābhārata"

… away'). Two Vaiṣṇava streams describe him differently: the Mahābhārata / Viṣṇu Purāṇa stream identifies him as Ādi-Śeṣa, the cosmic serpent on whom Viṣṇu rests; the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇa …

… a turned commander whose classroom shaped both sides of the Mahābhārata.

Two authoritative streams disagree about the eighth Daśāvatāra: one names Kṛṣṇa the avatāra with Balarāma as Ādi-Śeṣa, the other (Gauḍīya) names Kṛṣṇa Svayam Bhagavān with Balarāma…

… ras and you will get one of two answers at slot eight. The *Mahābhārata* and *Viṣṇu Purāṇa* stream says **Kṛṣṇa is Viṣṇu's direct eighth avatāra**, and **Balarāma is Ādi-Śeṣa** — t …

… a is called **Saṅkarṣaṇa** — 'he who was drawn away'. The *Mahābhārata*'s *Mausala Parva* and the eleventh canto of the *Bhāgavata* both describe Balarāma's departure (*tirobhāva* …

… are pointed to the alternate ordering; readers who follow *Mahābhārata* / *Viṣṇu Purāṇa* sources are pointed to this essay's Stream A. The tradition is large enough to hold both …

The full-moon day of Āṣāḍha honours the lineage of teachers who dispel darkness. From Veda Vyāsa the Ādi Guru of recorded knowledge, through the Mundaka and Kaṭha Upaniṣads, to Śiv…

… istinct texts (**Ṛg, Yajur, Sāma, Atharva**), composed the *Mahābhārata*, and authored the eighteen *Purāṇas*. Every teacher in the Indic tradition — whether Śaiva, Vaiṣṇava, Śākta …

Beyond the beloved remover of obstacles: the Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa reveals Gaṇeśa as the primordial sound Om itself, the visible Absolute, and the presiding deity of the Mūlādhāra …

… f knowledge, read our story of Gaṇeśa as the scribe of the *Mahābhārata* — *The Scribe of the Epic*.

Sāyaṇa's 14th-century commentary on a Ṛgvedic hymn to Sūrya states a velocity for sunlight that lands within one percent of the modern value for c — and the 18th verse of the Hanum…

… * · ≈ 9.09 miles - **1 nimiṣa (time)** — as defined in the *Mahābhārata* · 16/75 of a second - **half a nimiṣa (Δt)** · 8/75 of a second Substituting into ordinary velocity, dista …

Sage Veda Vyāsa needs a scribe who can keep pace with divine revelation. Brahmā sends him to Gaṇeśa — and a pact of wit is struck: the pen must never stop, but every verse must fir…