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15 questions linked to/from Did Vasishta's brother sage Agastya have a previous birth?
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What exactly happens at end of Kali Yuga? Will the world be destroyed?
I heard that at the end of the Kali Yuga, the world will be destroyed.
What does this mean?
Will the Earth be destroyed or will the entire Universe be destroyed?
Can someone throw light on this?
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Is the Anukramani index of sages and deities of the Rig Veda available online?
As I discuss in this answer, how the Vedas originated is that from time immemorial, sages known as Dhristas have heard mantras (sacred verses) directly from the gods during a state of Tapasya (deep ...
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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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How was lord Dattatreya born?
Lord Dattatreya is supposed to be the form of the trinity gods born on Earth and I saw that he has three faces, each of which resembles one god of the trinity (i.e lord Shiva, lord Vishnu, and lord ...
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What is the source of this (Kayena vacha...) text? or Where does it come from?
I am talking about the following shloka (posting it in Sanskrit and English):
कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा
बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतेः स्वभावात् ।
करोमि यद्यद् सकलं परस्मै
नारायणायेति समर्पयामि ॥...
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Did Trisiras predict his own death in a Vedic hymn?
Trisiras (AKA Vishwarupa) was the three-headed son of the divine architect Tvashta (AKA Vishwakarma). He was extremely devout, even serving as temporary guru of the gods when Brihaspati had abandoned ...
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Who is Agastya's brother in the Ramayana?
In the Aranya Kanda of the Ramayana, Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita are on the way to the ashram of the famous sage Agastya when they first stop by at the ashram of another sage:
While viewing beautiful ...
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What is the story of Vasishta and Agastya's brother Matsya?
Most people only know about the fact the famous sage Vasishta, guru of Rama, was one of the mind-born sons of Brahma. But as I discuss in this question, Vasishta is no longer the son of Brahma. ...
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What is the earliest reference to Vishnu's incarnation Kapila?
As I discuss in this question, in the Bala Kanda of Ramayana, Vishwamitra tells Rama and Lakshmana the famous story of the descent of the Ganga river to the Earth. As described in this chapter of the ...
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Was Rishi Agastya the uncle of Ravana?
According to the Shrimad Bhagvatam Rishi Agastya was the son of Pulastya and a brother of Vishrava:
The sage Añgirã and Sraddhã had four daughters and two sons,
Utathya and Brihaspati. The sage ...
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Who was the King Rantideva?
I have heard something about Rantideva that he was a king but I don't know the full story of King Rantideva.
Can you help me with the story related to the King Rantideva?
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Who are the seven sages (Sapta Rishis) of current Manvantara?
I want to know who are the seven sages (Sapta Rishis) of current Manvantara?
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When do 'Chiranjeevi's die?
Hindus believe in a cyclic nature of time. Here the same key events are repeated forever. Then we should have the same 'Chiranjeevi's born repeatedly. This means, we should have an infinite number of ...
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Why is Gangotri so far from mount Kailash?
As I discuss in this question, Vishnu's incarnation sage Kapila burnt the sons of the Rama's ancestor Sagara to ashes. And at the time there was no sacred body of water in the area to put the ashes ...
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What's the story of previous birth of Prahalāda?
Most of the 'exalted personalities/beings' within Hinduism have some previous-birth story that made them what they're in their present births.
For instance:
The divine sage - Devaṛṣi Nārada was a son ...
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