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... sage from whom the Rakshasas sprang . He was one of the narrators of the Brahma Purana and also a writer on medicine . The Maha - bharata 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 Purana and also a writer on medicine . The Maha - bharata 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 Rāma 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 Rāma 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 Chyavana to youth , and prolonged his life when he had become old and decrepit , and through his instrumentality they were admitted to partake of the libations of soma , like the other gods , although Indra strongly opposed them ...
... sage Chyavana to youth , and prolonged his life when he had become old and decrepit , and through his instrumentality they were admitted to partake of the libations of soma , like the other gods , although Indra strongly opposed them ...
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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