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... patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKA . The capital of Kuvera and the abode of the ALAKA - NANDA - AMARU - SATAKA . II gandharvas.
... patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKA . The capital of Kuvera and the abode of the ALAKA - NANDA - AMARU - SATAKA . II gandharvas.
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John Dowson. ALAKA - NANDA - AMARU - SATAKA . II gandharvas on Mount Meru . It is also called Vasu - dhārā , Vasu - sthali , and Prabhā . ALAKA - NANDĀ . One of the four branches of the river Ganga , which flows south to the country of ...
John Dowson. ALAKA - NANDA - AMARU - SATAKA . II gandharvas on Mount Meru . It is also called Vasu - dhārā , Vasu - sthali , and Prabhā . ALAKA - NANDĀ . One of the four branches of the river Ganga , which flows south to the country of ...
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... Gandharvas , Apsarases , and Yakshas . ANTARVEDI . The Doab or country between the Ganges and the Jumna . ANU . Son of King Yayati by his wife Sarmishṭhā , a Daitya princess . He refused to exchange his youthful vigour for the curse of ...
... Gandharvas , Apsarases , and Yakshas . ANTARVEDI . The Doab or country between the Ganges and the Jumna . ANU . Son of King Yayati by his wife Sarmishṭhā , a Daitya princess . He refused to exchange his youthful vigour for the curse of ...
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... Gandharvas , and are not prudish in the dispensation of their favours . Their amours on earth have been numerous , and they are the rewards in Indra's paradise held out to heroes who fall in battle . They have the power of changing ...
... Gandharvas , and are not prudish in the dispensation of their favours . Their amours on earth have been numerous , and they are the rewards in Indra's paradise held out to heroes who fall in battle . They have the power of changing ...
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... Gandharvas , and Apsarases " from water , and that the Asuras , Rakshasas , and Pisachas sprang from the drops which were spilt . Manu's statement is that they were created by the Prajapatis . According to the Vishnu Purana , they were ...
... Gandharvas , and Apsarases " from water , and that the Asuras , Rakshasas , and Pisachas sprang from the drops which were spilt . Manu's statement is that they were created by the Prajapatis . According to the Vishnu Purana , they were ...
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According Aditi Adityas Agni Arjuna Asuras Aswins Avatara Bala-rāma became Bhagavata Bharata Bhima Bhishma Bhrigu Bibliotheca Indica birth born Brahman Brihaspati brother called celebrated chariot curse Daitya Daksha Dasa-ratha daughter of Daksha deity demon descended Devi Dhrita-rashtra divine drama Draupadi Drona Dur-yodhana earth edited father female fire forest Gandharvas Ganges gave goddess gods Hari-vansa heaven Hindu horse husband hymns incarnation India Indra Kasyapa Kauravas killed king Krishna Kshatriya Kuvera Lakshmana legend Linga lord Lunar race Maha-bharata Manu Meru mother mountain Nala nymph ocean Pandavas Pandu Parasu-rāma personified Pitris poem Post 8vo Prajapati priest princes Raja Rakshasa Rāma Rama's Rāmāyana Ravana represented Rig-veda Rishi river Rudra sacrifice sage Sanhita Sanskrit Saraswati Satapatha Brahmana says serpent seven Sītā Siva Solar race Soma sons sprang story Sutras told translated Upanishad Varuna Vasishtha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu Purana Viswamitra Vyasa wife worship Yadavas Yama Yudhi-shthira