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- ===Asura Vyamoha Lila=== In 1530 C.E., Shrinathji commanded Vallabhacharya to leave the worldly life and to approach Him. Shrinathji had commanded ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 14:14, 3 May 2023
- powers. As could be expected, the Asura's maya often involves the aforementioned trickery. Later scriptural passages found in Atharva Veda ...13 KB (2,085 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- Mazda, and thus has the dual title of deva and asura. There are also other devas like Savitŗ, Vishnu, Rudra (later given the exclusive epithet of ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- A prominent asura is Rahu, whose characteristics are in some ways similar to those of the Devil. In Hindu mythology, Rahu is a snake that swallows ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- of the Chandogya Upanishad as the king of the Asura. Over time, the worship of Vairocana in East Asia was gradually superseded as an object of reverence ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- Originally, the word Asura in the earliest hymns of the Rig Veda (the holy book of the Indo-Aryans) meant any supernatural spirit—good or bad ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- While the forest burnt, Arjuna chose to spare one asura by the name ... Nivatakavachas and Kalakeyas, two powerful asura clans that had obtained boons ...20 KB (3,256 words) - 22:46, 9 March 2022
- who rescued the world from the rampaging asura brothers Sunda and Upasunda, and Urvashi, who attempted to seduce the hero, Arjuna. ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- A Rakshasa (Sanskrit: रा॑क्षसः, rā́kṣasaḥ ; alternately, raksasa or rakshas) is a demon or unrighteous spirit in Hindu mythology ...11 KB (1,695 words) - 00:11, 8 December 2022
- Angkor Wat (meaning: "Capital Temple") is an ancient temple complex (originally Hindu but later becomming Buddhist) dating from the ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- Prayer flags are colorful panels or rectangular cloths placed on single poles or strung along lines, on mountain ridges and peaks high in the ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- cut to pieces and devoured by the gods, dæmons (asura) and wild animals, etc. The ritual is cognate with the prototypical initiation of a shaman though ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- tvacam krsna (RV 1.130.8) as referring to an asura (demon) called Krsna whose skin was torn apart by Indra. ==Dasa, in Hinduism== The present ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
- Tortoise is the common name for any turtle of the family Testudinidae, characterized by thick, club-like hind legs, and a high, rounded, domed ...18 KB (2,557 words) - 05:27, 4 November 2022
- in Hindu legend as the fabled capital of the Asura King Ravana in the Ramayana. Anuradhapura stands out as a major force in the development and ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- is an aniconic temenos or tabernacle of deva, asura, genius loci or other archetypal entity. Yantra are theurgical device that engender entelecheia ...23 KB (3,394 words) - 16:47, 24 October 2023
- daēva 'demon'. Similarly, the Indo-Aryan asura 'name of a particular group of gods' (later on, 'demon') cognates with ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- Thanjavur derives its name from Tanjan: an asura (demon) who, according to local legend, caused devastation until killed by Sri Anandavalli Amman ...28 KB (4,178 words) - 16:37, 13 July 2017
- Shiva (from Sanskrit: शिव, meaning "Auspicious one") is a principal deity of Hinduism who is especially revered among the cluster ...43 KB (6,555 words) - 20:31, 21 April 2021
- from. Other prominent gods are the Adityas or Asura gods Mitra-Varuna and Ushas (the dawn). Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati ...41 KB (6,083 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
