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... birth of Prithu . AJĀMILA . A Brāhman of Kanauj , who married a slave and had children , of whom he was very fond . AJATA - SATRU . ' One whose enemy is unborn . ' 1. A king of Kāsī , mentioned in the Upanishads , who was very learned ...
... birth of Prithu . AJĀMILA . A Brāhman of Kanauj , who married a slave and had children , of whom he was very fond . AJATA - SATRU . ' One whose enemy is unborn . ' 1. A king of Kāsī , mentioned in the Upanishads , who was very learned ...
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... birth . Then she ascended the pile and was born again as Sik- handin , who slew Bhishma . AMBĀLIKĀ . The younger widow of Vichitra - virya and mother of Pandu by Vyasa . See Maha - bharata . AMBARISHA . 1. A king of Ayodhya , twenty ...
... birth . Then she ascended the pile and was born again as Sik- handin , who slew Bhishma . AMBĀLIKĀ . The younger widow of Vichitra - virya and mother of Pandu by Vyasa . See Maha - bharata . AMBARISHA . 1. A king of Ayodhya , twenty ...
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... birth . ANANDA . Joy , happiness . ' An appellation of Siva , also of Bala - rāma . ANANDA GIRI . A follower of Sankaracharya , and a teacher and expositor of his doctrines . He was the author of a Sankara - vijaya , and lived about the ...
... birth . ANANDA . Joy , happiness . ' An appellation of Siva , also of Bala - rāma . ANANDA GIRI . A follower of Sankaracharya , and a teacher and expositor of his doctrines . He was the author of a Sankara - vijaya , and lived about the ...
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... birth , as told in the Mahā - bhārata , places them more upon an equality . It says that Vishnu took two hairs , a white and a black one , and that these became Bala- rāma and Krishna , the children of Devaki . Bala - rama was of fair ...
... birth , as told in the Mahā - bhārata , places them more upon an equality . It says that Vishnu took two hairs , a white and a black one , and that these became Bala- rāma and Krishna , the children of Devaki . Bala - rama was of fair ...
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... birth to account for his name : His mother , the wife of Utathya , was pregnant by her husband and by Brihaspati . Dirgha - tamas , the son by her husband , kicked his half - brother out of the womb before his time , when Brihaspati ...
... birth to account for his name : His mother , the wife of Utathya , was pregnant by her husband and by Brihaspati . Dirgha - tamas , the son by her husband , kicked his half - brother out of the womb before his time , when Brihaspati ...
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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