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What is the story of Vishnu's incarnation Sisumara?

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Can i chant the Ashtottara nama of Maa Lakshmi for better finanacial situation?

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Is there any reference where dvija means enlightened person?

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Why does Skanda Purana say to cut the tongue when a Lower caste person read the Vedas?

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Incorporating Islam as a Sub-Sect Within Hinduism: A Geographical Perspective [closed]

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Can everyone recite Aditya Hridayam Stotra?

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About Devi helps Vishnu during his avatars & Dharma Sastha's family

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What is the story of bhairava temple in Ujjain

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Who are Siddha Lakshmi and Svapneshwari?

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In Vedic astrology, why is Shani called karma phal data when all the planets are also giving fruits of karma only?

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What is the correct method for Manasik Japa?

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What does knowing one’s soul mean?

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What is the name of the siddhi that allows you to evoke a deity with a single word?

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Devata puja/homas during Pitru Paksha

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To expect or not to expect in life?

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Is Rama giving contradictory justifications for killing Vali?

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Etymology of word and Phrase [closed]

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How did Kakabhushundi see Ramayana and Mahabharata a different number of times?

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Why didn’t Rama challenge Vali directly?

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Are there restrictions or procedure to follow while reading scriptures?

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Is there any scriptural reference that there is radha naam is ra kaar and madhav naam in m kaar of ram naam?

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Citation request for Ganesha's dhyana sloka

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Do Advaita Vedanta followers perform rituals and rites?

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Who is a true Brahmin?

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Brahma sent Gayatri to whom? How did we get it,?

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Is Narayana understood in Shri Vaishnavism as an anthropomorphic being or are his descriptions as a human-like being understood symbolically?

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doubt/question about karma yoga

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For which deity is the Gayatri Mantra? Why do we chant it, and what exactly does it mean or signify?

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Will the Veda competence be lost without any Hindu country? As per purana, did Veda prosper outside a Hindu rajya?

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Brahmin warriors defending religion eg Somnath

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Barbarism , what's the great difference in slaughtering lakhs of animals in factories vs yajurvedic pashubandha?

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Mahalaya tarpane by adapted son

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How does Advaita Vedanta assert and prove the eternality of cognition of Non dual Atman?

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Is Aham Brahmasmi the embodiment principle of seeing the veda by the Maharshis?

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Which distant country/s in Europe have had Hindu Gods?

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Shiv Puran Section 4 Chapter 12 ( Kotirudra Samhita Adhyay 12) states Shiv ling is Penis and Yoni is Vagina

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If we all have taken different incarnations due to our karma, how can we explain what might have caused our first incarnation

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Ancient rishis had deep infoscience knowledge

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Does Siva reside In the Sun?

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Worship of Sri Kala Bhairava

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How grave a crime is it to do ritual without perfect purification and observance?

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What portion of wealth was given away in yajnas?

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Is Nama Japa of both Sita Rama and Rama equivalent when it comes to spiritual merits?

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Local manuals for common rites shradha, aarti etc

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Can some one give HD image of this image?

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Did all Brahmin ancestors come through Kashmir , Gandhara or North West?

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Which Rishi was cursed to be an animal for faltering in a sacrifice?

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Difference between Atman, Chetna and Chaitanya?


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