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Madri
Madri Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री; IAST: Mādrī) was a princess of the Madra Kingdom who married Pandu, the king of Hastinapur. When Pandu was cursed by Rishi Kindama that he will die if he joins his wives in sexual intercourse, Kunti, with his permission, invokes, through the boon bestowed to her by Rishi Durvasa before marriage, the Gods Yama, Vayu…
Magadha
Magadha Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar, and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas, ‘Great Countries’ of ancient India. Magadha played an important role in the development of Jainism and Buddhism, and two of India’s greatest empires, the Maurya Empire and Gupta Empire, originated in Magadha. The Mauryan Empire and Gupta Empire, both of which originated in…
Mahabharata
Mahabharata Savitri Vyasa took three years to compose Mahabharata, following which Narada narrated this to the Devas, Asita Devala to the Pitris, Shuka to Yakshas and Rakshasas and Vaishampayana to the humans (नारदॊऽश्रावयद्दॆवानसितॊ दॆवलः पितॄन्। रक्षॊ यक्षान्शुकॊ मर्त्यान् वैशंपायन ऎव तु॥). Vyasa taught the entire Mahabharata through these four verses…
Mahendra
Mahendra Mahendra is another name of Indra. Mahendra was the name of Yudhishthira’s bow. Mahendra is one of the thousand names of Vishnu.
Mandara
MandaraMandara (Sanskrit: मंदर) is the name of the mountain that appears in the Samudra manthan episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk. Mahadev’s serpent, Vasuki, offered to serve as the rope pulled on one side by a team of Asuras, and on the other,…
Manimat
Manimat Manimat fought along side Yudhishthira. on the 12th day of war Bhurishravas, Somadatta’s son, for enhancing the glory of Drona, resisted king Manimat of great activity as the latter came to fight. Then Manimat quickly cut off the bowstring, the standard, the banner, the charioteer and the umbrella of…
Manvantara
ManvantaraManvantara or age of a Manu, the progenitor of humanity, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit word, a compound of manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span. Each Manvantara is created and ruled by a specific Manu, who in turn is created by Brahma, the Creator…
Markandeya
Markandeya Markandeya (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय)( IAST: Mārkaṇḍeya) is an ancient rishi (sage) born in the clan of Bhrigu Rishi. The Markandeya Purana especially, comprises a dialogue between Markandeya and a sage called Jaimini, and a number of chapters in the Bhagavata Purana are dedicated to his conversations and prayers. He is also mentioned in the Mahabharata. Today, Markandeya Tirtha, where the sage Markandeya…
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Madri
Madri Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री; IAST: Mādrī) was a princess of the Madra Kingdom who married Pandu, the king of Hastinapur. When Pandu was cursed by Rishi Kindama that he will die if he joins his wives in sexual intercourse, Kunti, with his permission, invokes, through the boon bestowed to her by Rishi Durvasa before marriage, the Gods Yama, Vayu…
Magadha
Magadha Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar, and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas, ‘Great Countries’ of ancient India. Magadha played an important role in the development of Jainism and Buddhism, and two of India’s greatest empires, the Maurya Empire and Gupta Empire, originated in Magadha. The Mauryan Empire and Gupta Empire, both of which originated in…
Mahabharata
Mahabharata Savitri Vyasa took three years to compose Mahabharata, following which Narada narrated this to the Devas, Asita Devala to the Pitris, Shuka to Yakshas and Rakshasas and Vaishampayana to the humans (नारदॊऽश्रावयद्दॆवानसितॊ दॆवलः पितॄन्। रक्षॊ यक्षान्शुकॊ मर्त्यान् वैशंपायन ऎव तु॥). Vyasa taught the entire Mahabharata through these four verses…
Mahendra
Mahendra Mahendra is another name of Indra. Mahendra was the name of Yudhishthira’s bow. Mahendra is one of the thousand names of Vishnu.
Mandara
MandaraMandara (Sanskrit: मंदर) is the name of the mountain that appears in the Samudra manthan episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk. Mahadev’s serpent, Vasuki, offered to serve as the rope pulled on one side by a team of Asuras, and on the other,…
Manimat
Manimat Manimat fought along side Yudhishthira. on the 12th day of war Bhurishravas, Somadatta’s son, for enhancing the glory of Drona, resisted king Manimat of great activity as the latter came to fight. Then Manimat quickly cut off the bowstring, the standard, the banner, the charioteer and the umbrella of…
Manvantara
ManvantaraManvantara or age of a Manu, the progenitor of humanity, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit word, a compound of manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span. Each Manvantara is created and ruled by a specific Manu, who in turn is created by Brahma, the Creator…
Markandeya
Markandeya Markandeya (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय)( IAST: Mārkaṇḍeya) is an ancient rishi (sage) born in the clan of Bhrigu Rishi. The Markandeya Purana especially, comprises a dialogue between Markandeya and a sage called Jaimini, and a number of chapters in the Bhagavata Purana are dedicated to his conversations and prayers. He is also mentioned in the Mahabharata. Today, Markandeya Tirtha, where the sage Markandeya…