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... sage from whom the Rakshasas sprang . He was one of the narrators of the Brahma Purāna and also a writer on medicine . The Mahā - bhārata relates a legend respecting the creation of his wife . It says that Agastya saw his ancestors ...
... sage from whom the Rakshasas sprang . He was one of the narrators of the Brahma Purāna and also a writer on medicine . The Mahā - bhārata relates a legend respecting the creation of his wife . It says that Agastya saw his ancestors ...
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... sage received him with the greatest kindness , and became his friend , adviser , and pro- tector . He gave him the bow of Vishnu ; and when Rama was restored to his kingdom , the sage accompanied him to Ayodhya . The name of Agastya ...
... sage received him with the greatest kindness , and became his friend , adviser , and pro- tector . He gave him the bow of Vishnu ; and when Rama was restored to his kingdom , the sage accompanied him to Ayodhya . The name of Agastya ...
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... sage , repaired to Vishnu , beseeching him for renewed vigour and the gift of immortality . He directed them to churn the ocean for the Amrita and other precious things which had been lost . The story as told in the Vishnu Purāna has ...
... sage , repaired to Vishnu , beseeching him for renewed vigour and the gift of immortality . He directed them to churn the ocean for the Amrita and other precious things which had been lost . The story as told in the Vishnu Purāna has ...
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... sage who had worsted his father , and insisted that the sage should be thrown into the water . The sage then declared himself to be a son of Varuna , god of the waters , who had sent him to obtain Brahmans for officiating at a sacrifice ...
... sage who had worsted his father , and insisted that the sage should be thrown into the water . The sage then declared himself to be a son of Varuna , god of the waters , who had sent him to obtain Brahmans for officiating at a sacrifice ...
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... sage's austerities alarmed both gods and men , and he for a long time refused to mitigate his wrath against the Kshatriyas , but at the persuasion of the Pitris , he cast the fire of his anger into the sea , where it became a being with ...
... sage's austerities alarmed both gods and men , and he for a long time refused to mitigate his wrath against the Kshatriyas , but at the persuasion of the Pitris , he cast the fire of his anger into the sea , where it became a being with ...
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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