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From which scripture is this Mahiṣāsura Mardini Stotram come from? [duplicate]

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Good karma yields good results. What is role of GOD here?

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Is Śiva a Vaiṣṇava? Does Shastras speak of Viṣṇu being the greatest devotee of Lord Śiva? [duplicate]

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Did any deities ever incarnate as demons and plants?

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Does Vishnu care only about his devotees?

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Can we worship Alakshmi?

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Is this a hoax or genuine? This claims to be a prediction of Muhammad from hindu scripture but I can't find it [closed]

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Is this sloka part of the Gajendra Moksha stotra in the Bhagavta Purana?

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Can anyone share the source of famous sloka gange cha yamune chaiva?

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The way to reaching God is to think about him lifelong?

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Reference Request [Upanishads]: Chitta and Vrittis

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Where is this statement written - "त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव...." [duplicate]

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"वैष्णवानां सहस्रेभ्यः शिवभक्तो विशिष्यते" from where this verse is taken from?

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What are the instances in Hindu mythology where Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva are said to have met?

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Is this mantra from vishnu purana ? Vasudeva manārādhya ko mokṣaṁ saṁvyāpasatī

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List of Shaiva sages mentioned in scriptures

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Who was Brahma before the Brahma we have now? Who will be the next Brahma(Hanuman ji?)

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Is it true that people who are cremated in Kashi get Moksha?

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Is it wrong to hug a friend of the opposite gender?

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What is this story about Lord Vishnu that this Muslim youtuber is reffering to?

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Is there any fight between Vṛshava Avatara of Śiva and Viṣṇu?

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Are repeated sins forgiven or not

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Drunk alcohol in ekaadshi [closed]

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Is Vishnu avatar of Krishna or krishna avatar of vishnu?

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Which scripture is this shloka from? (atamaramo pyrirmak sakshan manmath manmatha)

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Is post-Vedic Hinduism copied from Buddhism?

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Was it wrong for a man to reject both married and unmarried woman's sexual or romantic advances?

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If Hinduism don't support Incest then why did Krishna married his own cousin Mitravinda and Bhadra?

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If reincarnation is false, doesn't that make the whole argument of Bhagavad Gita invalid?

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On misogyny of Hindu Text

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How does one deal with contradiction in scriptures?

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Question about brahmacharya recommendations and rules

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Combining and Splitting Words in Sanskrit

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Refrence for this sentence in vedas

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Tonsuring head of new born

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On the nature of Sri Krishna

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What are the rules which will make "namah shivay" mantra more effective?

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What are sense objects ? What are their types?

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Brahmasutra Lingam and its types

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which scripture does this shloka appear ūbāḥ bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ śrīdāman parājitāḥ?

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How are Asura and rakshas so powerful?

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About combined Elephant and Bull

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Is there any mention about kali purush in Bhavishya malika?

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Conversation between Lord Ram and Daṇḍakāraṇya sages exact verse

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Which is the Shiva beej mantra?

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where is this sloka from: "Jīvana muktā api punar bandhanaṁ jānatī karma bhī "

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A question about Marriage

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Reference source of this shloka - Niścalātavai bhaktir yā saiva muktiḥ janārdana


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