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Manusmriti: Legal Guide or Sacred Text?
I’ve heard discussions about the Manusmriti not being considered a religious text for Hindus. Some claim that it was just made out to be a Hindu legal document by colonial British authorities, and was ...
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Are the Itihasa superior to the Puranas?
We know the Puranas are less in authority to the Smritis (i.e. Dharma Shastras) as this is according to Vyasa Smriti,Chapter 1,Verse 4. So if Puranas are below Dharma Shastras then where are the ...
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Does any scripture talk about extinction of Vanaras?
I have never heard of any scriptures talking much about vanaras after Ramayan and except lord hanuman. And they seem to have gone extinct in today's time except for lord hanuman again. Does any ...
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Is there some scriptural background to this phrase?
Mata
Pita
Guru
Devta।
Translation.:
Mother Father Teacher God.
This means the order of respect and reverence that one should give in decreasing order. With Mother worthy of most respect and ...
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Any scripture mentions naagmani? [duplicate]
Is naagmani a fictional thing or mentioned in scriptures? Also what about those special kind of naags?
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Is the hierarchy of the precedence of testimony only dependent on the category of scripture?
It is generally believed that Vedas can override Epics if needed and Epics override Puranas if needed.
But a recent question arose - "in the same scripture is there a hierarchy of testimony , perhaps ...
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Is there any mention of the previous or next Sri Brahma (the creator) in the Puranas or Ithihasas?
A lot of Puranas talk about the creation of the universe after Sri Brahma is created (which is again different based upon different puranas). The puranas also talk about the life span of a Brahma ...
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