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How has Lord Vishnu's understanding developed and what was his role initially?
I've recently come by an excellent research on how the understanding of Shiva has been evolving through the ages and I wonder whether such a research has been made with respect to Vishnu. The book I ...
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Debate between Maṇḍana Miśra and Ādi Śankara
I have read that there was a debate between Maṇḍana Miśra, an exponent of Mīmāmsā, and Ādi Śankara, an exponent of Advaita, in which Maṇḍana Miśra's wife was the judge. Ādi Śankara won the debate and ...
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Was the Purva mimansa an atheist school?
Why purva mimansa school did not believe in existence of vedic gods but were strict believers of Vedas?
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How come the Vedas describe mostly the Vamana avatara of Vishnu?
The Vedas are the eternal truths of God, Apaurusheya and constant throughout Time. Therefore they must contain all knowledge of all time. But (at least if you go through the other questions) you find ...
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Whose commentaries on the Vedas and Upanishads are most followed?
There are many people who write commentaries on the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita etc. Whose commentaries is most followed.
Also where can I get all of those Upanishads and Vedas in English? ...
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Why did Vedvyasa mention his shishya Jaimini's opinion/saying in Brahma Sutra?
I started reading the BrahmaSutra and have completed 1.2. I found Vedavyasa mentions Jaimini in his sutra:
साक्षादप्यविरोधं जैमिनिः।।1.2.28।।
Jaimini (declares that there is) no contradiction ...
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If the Purva Mimamsa school doesn't accept the corporeality of the Devas, then how does it explain their actions?
The Purva Mimamsa school doesn't accept that the names of individuals or gods in the Vedas actually refer to corporeal beings, but are limited to their etymological meaning, as explained in this post. ...
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Are the Vedas timeless?
Yajur Veda 19.37
Cleanse me the Fathers who enjoy Soma! Grandfathers make me clean! May
Great-grandfathers cleanse me with a sieve that brings a century. May
my Grandfathers cleanse me, may my ...
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What happened to Vishnu's incarnation Narayana after his Pancharatra Yagna?
As I discuss in this answer, one of the most prominent incarnations of Vishnu in ancient times was the sage Narayana, twin brother of the sage Nara and son of Yama god of death. Nara and Narayana ...
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What kings passed on the Panchagni Vidya of the Upanishads?
As I discuss in the this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage ...
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What are the Saptaratra texts and how are they related to the Pancharatra texts?
In this excerpt from the Agni Purana, Vishnu's horse-headed incarnation Hayagriva tells Brahma about how to install statues in temples. But he starts by saying this:
Listen to me speaking about ...
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Is it possible for the Vedas to have been authored?
According to Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta, the Vedas are eternal and unauthored. That is, the Vedic words and sentences were not composed or created by any sentient being, human or divine.
Yamunacharya, ...
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