Top new questions this week:
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As discussed in Why lord Shiva has a crescent moon on his head? and Why is Moon on Lord Shiva's head only shown as crescent?, we know that a crescent is always shown on head of Shiva. It's not a full ...
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Is Panchvati in present day Nasik or in Parnashala? Where was Sita mata abducted by Ravana?
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Is there any Kshatriya group that doesn't trace its descent from Solar or Lunar dynasties?
Agnivansh is a prominent group amongst Rajputs, but any apart from these mentioned in Puranas or Vedas.
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Dronacharya demanded from his Ekalavya after he saw that by his arrows alone, Ekalayva was able to stop the dog from barking. Some people say that he secretly wanted Arjuna to be the best archer and ...
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Arjuna used Sammohanastra in Virat army that put the Kuru army to sleep. Sammohanastra is a weapon that puts an enemy to sleep.
If somebody hurled agneyastra or fire weapon, then you counter attack ...
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Bhaskararaya was a great Sri Vidya Acharya from Southern India. Being from the same Sampradaya as Adi Shankaracharya, (whom he credits with spreading the Sampradaya in his Guptavati Bhashya on Sri ...
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Does anyone have any (preferably online) resources to trace the ~1800 sama verses in the original rig veda?
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I have been told that there are 16 sanskaar (sacraments of life) described in the great texts of Hinduism.
I am aware of naamkaran (naming ceremony), janeu or yagnopavit (sacred thread), vivah (...
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I have seen many people who worship lord Shiva who prefer to be naked and they have ash (Bhabhuti) powdered all over their body. I am not sure what these people are known as but I have seen them in ...
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In Hinduism, food is categorized into Tamasic, Rajasic, Sattvic, or combination of them. What does these categories signify? Can anyone consume food from any of these categories?
Are there any ...
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Since long time I've heard that the number zero was invented by the great Indian mathematician Aryabhata.
Now I have two examples from Ramayana and Mahabharata:
In Ramayana, Ravana had 10 heads.
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Generally when we are in house thinking some good things or bad things, if a lizard makes noise, there is a saying that whatever we thought at that time will happen. Good things or bad things may ...
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I have always heard that because he was a pure celibate, and have never allowed his body to waste the best chemical on planet (sperm).
According to Hinduism at least this reason does not make any ...
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The other two major religions, Christianity and Islam both practice burial after death. What factors influence the Hindus to practice cremation instead?
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Can you answer these questions?
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सन्त्यक्तकिटिरूपोऽसौ मूको नामासुरस्तदा ।
कलावीशापकाराय कर्नाटे सम्भविष्यति ।
मधु नाम वहन्नेष व्याससूत्राणि केवलम् ।
द्वैतमार्गानुसारेण व्याख्यास्यति सुमूढधीः ॥ (पराशरसंहिता )
There was an evil-minded ...
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https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m01/m01068.htm
The evil-minded and wicked king Duryodhana, the destroyer of the fair fame of the Kurus, was born of a portion of Kali on earth.
My question is, why ...
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What Happens to our philosophy if the concept of "Karma" is rejected?
What will be its effect on ADvaita, Visistadvaita, Dvaita, Bheda-Abheda?
What will be its effect on Nyaya, Yoga, Sankhya?...
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