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What is the significance of or symbolism behind AjanubAhu (आजानुबाहु)?
This wiki article describes AjanubAhu as
a person, whose length of arms is so that his finger touch his knee
It also claims that many Hindu Gods, saints, kings or great warriors are AjanubAhu.
Is there any deeper spiritual significance to this…
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Is sitting on a camel in a dream inauspicious?
Currently I am reading Sundara Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana. In this kanda, there is a sarga/chapter named Trijata Swapnam meaning the dream of the ogre Trijata. She narrates her dream to other ogres and says that she has seen bad omens about Ravana,…
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How does the soul returns in the dead body when a dead person is revived using Amrita?
There are many references in our scriptures when deads are revived to life using Amrita and Mrita Sanjeevani Vidya..
A common accepted vedic doctrine is that soul (along with manomaya, vijnamaya and aanandmaya kosha) leaves the body when the gross…
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Why is killing a brahmin considered sin while killing other caste people is not?
This question itself is motivated from this other question: What are different types of sins?
Where the accepted answer cites some points from scriptures:
Maha-pataka: Killing a Brahman, drinking liquor, theft, violation of the preceptor's…
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Ramayana ➡ Mahabharata: 31 Ikshvaku Kings. What was the (average) age of those kings?
Book IV Chapter 4 of Vishnu Purana describes Ikshvaku dynasty as:
"Rama and his brothers had each two sons. Kusha and Lava were the sons of Rama; those of Lakshman were Angada and Chandraketu; the sons of Bharata were Taksha and Pushkara; and…
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How did Tripura Sundari come into existence?
As Wikipedia says:
Tripurāsundarī (त्रिपुरा सुंदरी - "Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Worlds") or Mahā-Tripurasundarī ("Great Beautiful (Goddess) of the Three Worlds"), also called Ṣhoḍaśhi ("Sixteen"), Lalitā and Rājarājeśvarī ("Queen of Queens,…
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Is there any significace of twitching of eyes?
Is it true that twitching of eyes indicates something?
Does it give us signal of something good or bad that is going to happen in the future?
What is the significance of left eye twitching and right eye twitching?
Is anything related to eye…
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I want to know the exact explanation of Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Can any one give the exact explanation of this mantra? What is the logic behind chanting this Mantra?
How the mind of a person related to this and is it true that we can save the life of a dying person if we chant this mantra for him?
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Is Mahishasura Mardini Lakshmi or Durga?
Who is the killer of Mahishasura? Is it Durga or Lakshmi? My confusion arises after finding out that Lakshmi killed Mahishsura in the Devi Mahatmaya.
Goddess Mahalakshmi is the presiding Goddess of the middle episode. Here she is depicted as Devi…
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Why did Lord Krishna give another life to Parikshit? Was it the only way? Why didn't Pandavas plan another child?
According to Mahabharat, after the epic Kurukshetra war, only Parikshit was the final successor of the Kuru dynasty and while he was still in Uttara's womb, Ashwathama killed him using a Brahmastra.
With the death of Parikshit, Pandavas lost their…
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Which scripts have been used to write Sanskrit?
Clip from Angkor Thom, about 1200 CE.
Some early Cambodian inscriptions are written in Sanskrit.
Is it true that these Sanksrit insciptions do not use the Devanagari script but instead the Khmer script?
Added. The inscription taken above is from…
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Is there an Orthodox Hinduism?
Orthodoxy in Christianity is the holding to the oldest beliefs. It is of course impossible for the religion not to evolve at all as new questions and there answer have to addressed. The "Orthodox" version is often considered to be the least evolved…
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Who is Rudra deva?
I know Rudra is Lord Shiva. But why is Lord Shiva called as Rudra deva?
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How can kama and moksha co-exist?
According to Purusharthas (objectives of human life), the four objectives are Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha. Kama includes desire and Moksha requires someone not to have desire. How can they co-exist?
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When did Parvati Devi marry Shiva?
In the Srimad Bhagavatam, when Sati talks with Shiva about the Daksha Yagya and why she wants to go, she calls Mahadeva, "Shitikantha". This has been translated as Poison-throated one. This can refer to the fight of Lord Shiva and Narayana described…
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