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37 questions linked to/from What were the previous births of the characters of Mahabharata?
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Who was incarnation of Laxmi: Radha Rani or Rukmini Devi? [duplicate]
Who was the incarnation of Laxmi - RadhaRani or Rukmani Devi ?
I have tried to find this on internet but I did not find an answer yet .
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In Mahabharat who were Dhitrashtra & Pandu incarnations of? [duplicate]
The Sambhava Parva of Mahabharat mentions which gods and demons incarnated on earth at the time of Mahabharat giving details about even obscure kings. Curiously enough it does not mention anything ...
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What is scriptural source for the Madhwas' claim that Lord Vayu took avatar as Lord Hanuman in Ramayana and again as Bhima in Mahabharata? [duplicate]
Madhwas claim a unique thing which as far as I know, no other Hindu denomination claims explicitly that
Lord Vayu was first born as Lord Hanuman to serve Lord Rama in Treta Yuga.
Lord Vayu was then ...
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Were the 100 Kauravas, Jarasandha, Kamsa, Shakuni, Shishupala and other kings avatars or portions of demons? [duplicate]
In Adi Parva, it tells that Gods, Apsaras, Daityas, Demons, and Gandharvas took birth as men. Which asuras were born as hundred kauravas, shakuni, shishupala, jarasandha, shalya and others?
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What was the previous life of lord Krishna? [duplicate]
I've heard little accounts of Shri Krishna's past life, such as - he was Shri Rama in his past life. I recently heard he could have been Lakshmana (Rama's brother), in the previous incarnation too.
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Was Ravana actually a villain? Or was he a devotee of Lord Vishnu?
Ravana was one of the greatest devotees of Lord Siva. He also worshiped Lord Brahma and the two of them had given him enormous powers. Among the Trimurthis, only Lord Vishnu punished him as Lord Rama.
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How strong lord krishna and Arjuna's friendship was?
We all know when Arjuna became confused as he faced his relatives on the battlefield, he turned to his friend and chariot-driver for help. Because Arjuna had such a friendly rapport with the Lord, his ...
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Who were the previous Indras that incarnated as the Pandavas?
It's well-known that the Pandavas were all sons of gods: Yudhishthira was the son of Yama god of death, Bhima was the son of Vayu the wind god, Arjuna was the son of Indra king of the gods, and Nakula ...
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Why did all the Pandavas marry Draupadi?
Why did all the Pandavas (i.e. Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva) marry the same woman i.e., Draupadi?
What was the circumstance under which they had to marry Draupadi?
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Why isn't Lord Ayyappa an avatar of Lord Mahavishnu?
We consider Lord Mahavishnu as having ten avatars because they descend to this material plane (Earth).
Doesn't that apply to Lord Ayyappa who is the son of Lord Shiva & Vishnu? Shouldn't he be ...
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How can Draupadi be a pathivrata (dutiful wife) while being married to 5 men?
What are the qualities and requirements needed to be a pathivrata?
Draupadi is considered to be one of the Panchkannyas, and a great pathivrata too. This link says why Draupadi married 5 persons (the ...
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Is it permissible to deny the authority of Manusmriti?
Is it permissible to deny the authority of Manusmriti considering that all the four major schools of Hinduism(Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smarta tradition) only consider Vedas and Upanishads ...
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Was Abhimanyu's death, a plot by Krishna?
I heard that while Kamsa was dying, he cursed Shri Krishna that he (Shri Krishna) will also die in the hands of his nephew.
Shri Krishna had only one sister i.e Subhadra. So, while she was pregnant, ...
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Why only Lord Vishnu incarnates on earth?
It is said that there are 3 supreme lords i.e. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. But from all 3 why only 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu and not others?
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Can Vishnu's multiple avatars exist at the same time on earth?
I thought Vishnu takes an avatar to remove adharma from our planet yet two avatars of Vishnu can exist at the same time on earth? Why is there a need for two avatars at the same time? Parashu Rama and ...
