Mavella
Mavella Mavella was the fourth son of Vasu Uparichara, the Chedi king and Girika. Also see… [Mahabharata: Shantanu, Ganga, Bhishma and Satyavati].
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Meru
MeruMount Meru (Sanskrit: मेरु) or Sineru or Mahameru is a sacred cosmological mountain with five peaks in Hindu cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.Many famous Hindu temples have been built as symbolic representations of this mountain. The dimensions attributed to Mount Meru, all references to it being as a part of the Cosmic…
Mohini
MohiniMohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the only female avatar of Vishnu. She is portrayed as an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Soon after Amrita was born of Samudra Manthana, Vishnu takes the form of Mohini, acquires the pot of Amrita from thieving Asuras, and gives it back to the Devas, helping them…
Month
There are two traditions being followed with respect to the start of the month. Amavasyant (Amanta) tradition followed mainly in the western and southern states of India (namely Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu) considers a new moon occurring before sunrise on a day to be the first day of the lunar month. Purnimant tradition, on…
Munis
Muni Muni (Sanskrit मुनि , “silent”, the “Mauna” – pause) – a term for types of ancient Indian sages and hermits or ancient Indian ascetics. Sages of this type are said know the truth of existence not on the basis of scientific texts but through self-realization. In Rigveda the name mūni refers to a known Vedic Rishi who was prosperous…
Meru
MeruMount Meru (Sanskrit: मेरु) or Sineru or Mahameru is a sacred cosmological mountain with five peaks in Hindu cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes.Many famous Hindu temples have been built as symbolic representations of this mountain. The dimensions attributed to Mount Meru, all references to it being as a part of the Cosmic…
Mohini
MohiniMohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the only female avatar of Vishnu. She is portrayed as an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Soon after Amrita was born of Samudra Manthana, Vishnu takes the form of Mohini, acquires the pot of Amrita from thieving Asuras, and gives it back to the Devas, helping them…
Month
There are two traditions being followed with respect to the start of the month. Amavasyant (Amanta) tradition followed mainly in the western and southern states of India (namely Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu) considers a new moon occurring before sunrise on a day to be the first day of the lunar month. Purnimant tradition, on…
Munis
Muni Muni (Sanskrit मुनि , “silent”, the “Mauna” – pause) – a term for types of ancient Indian sages and hermits or ancient Indian ascetics. Sages of this type are said know the truth of existence not on the basis of scientific texts but through self-realization. In Rigveda the name mūni refers to a known Vedic Rishi who was prosperous…