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... Kasyapa , by whom she was mother of Vishnu , in his dwarf incarnation ( wherefore he is sometimes called Aditya ) , and also of Indra , and she is called " the mother of the gods " and " the mother of the world . " Indra acknowledged ...
... Kasyapa , by whom she was mother of Vishnu , in his dwarf incarnation ( wherefore he is sometimes called Aditya ) , and also of Indra , and she is called " the mother of the gods " and " the mother of the world . " Indra acknowledged ...
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... Kasyapa and Diti , with a thousand arms and heads , two thousand eyes and feet , and called Andhaka because he walked like a blind man , although he saw He was slain by Siva when he attempted to carry very well . off the Pārijāta tree ...
... Kasyapa and Diti , with a thousand arms and heads , two thousand eyes and feet , and called Andhaka because he walked like a blind man , although he saw He was slain by Siva when he attempted to carry very well . off the Pārijāta tree ...
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... Kasyapa and Kadru . He is also called Rumra , ' tawny , ' and by two epithets of which the mean- ing is not obvious , An - uru , ' thighless , ' and Asmana , ' stony . ' ARUNDHATI . The morning star , personified as the wife of the ...
... Kasyapa and Kadru . He is also called Rumra , ' tawny , ' and by two epithets of which the mean- ing is not obvious , An - uru , ' thighless , ' and Asmana , ' stony . ' ARUNDHATI . The morning star , personified as the wife of the ...
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... Kasyapa , but not including the Rakshasas descended from Pulastya . In this sense a different derivation has been found for it : the source is no longer asu , breath , ' but the initial a is taken as the negative prefix , and a - sura ...
... Kasyapa , but not including the Rakshasas descended from Pulastya . In this sense a different derivation has been found for it : the source is no longer asu , breath , ' but the initial a is taken as the negative prefix , and a - sura ...
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... Kasyapa and Aditi . The dwarf appeared before Bali , and begged of him as much land as he could step over in three paces . The generous monarch complied with the request . Vishnu took two strides over heaven and earth ; but respecting ...
... Kasyapa and Aditi . The dwarf appeared before Bali , and begged of him as much land as he could step over in three paces . The generous monarch complied with the request . Vishnu took two strides over heaven and earth ; but respecting ...
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According Aditi Adityas Agastya Agni Arjuna Asuras Aswins Avatāra Bala-rāma became Bhāgavata Bharata Bhima Bhishma Bhrigu Bibliotheca Indica birth born Brahman Brihaspati brother called celebrated character chariot curse Daitya Daksha Dasa-ratha daughter of Daksha deity demon descended Dhrita-rashtra divine drama Draupadi Drona Dur-yodhana Durgā Dwārakā earth father female fire forest Gandharvas Ganges gave goddess gods Hari-vansa heaven Hindu horse husband hymns incarnation India Indra Kāma Kāsī Kasyapa Kauravas killed king Krishna Kshatriya Kuvera Lakshmana legend Linga lord Lunar race Mahā-bhārata Manu married Meru mother mountain Nala nymph ocean Pandavas Pandu Parasu-rāma personified Pitris poem Prajapati priest princes Rāja Rakshasa Rāma Rāmāyana Rāvana represented Rig-veda Rishi river Rudra sacrifice sage Sanhita Sanskrit Satapatha Brahmana says serpent seven Sītā Siva Solar race Soma sons sprang story told translated Upanishad Varuna Vasishtha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu Purāna Viswamitra wife worship Yadavas Yama Yudhi-shthira