Questions tagged [narada-purana]
Narad Purana is a genre of hindu religious text. It is in the style of dialogue between the sage Narada, and Sanatkumara.
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Can a Kshatriya put on a Urdhvapunda Tilak?
I read some where that Narada Purana says a Brahmin should wear a Urdhvapundra (for Vishnu) and a Kshatriya should wear a Tripundra (for Shiva). Does the Narada Purana say it is absolutely necessary?
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Why did Vishnu's Sudarshana Chakra incarnate as Parashurama's enemy Kartavirya Arjuna?
Most people only know about Kartavirya Arjuna as the thousand-armed king who was the villain of the story of Vishnu's incarnation Parashurama. Kartavirya Arjuna stole the divine cow Kamadhenu from ...
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What is the best detailed commentary in English on Shri Narada Purana?
I research Motilal Banarsidass edition 1995 and struggle to find the origin of GauriPati Shatanama Stotra गौरीपतिशतनामस्तोत्रम्.
Please, help to locate a pdf or document that can be searched for the ...
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Are Narada Purana and Brihannaradiya Purana the same
the words seem to literally mean "Narada Purana" and "The Big Narada Purana". are they the same work?
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Do devotees of the goddess Tara sit on six-month old babies?
One of the most famous incarnations of Durga is the goddess Kali. As I discuss in this answer, she was created by Durga's incarnation Ambika in order to defeat the demons Chanda and Munda, which is ...
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Why is Vishnu described as holding a vessel and a mirror?
When a mantra is given in the Puranas, it's usually preceded by a Dhyanam, which describes the appearance of the god whom you're supposed to meditate upon before reciting the mantra. For instance, in ...
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Who is sage Ganaka, the seer of so many mantras to Ganesha?
This excerpt from the Narada Purana describes a certain mantra called the Ganesha Nyasa, a hymn to Ganesha. Here's the preamble to that mantra:
The matrikas of Ganesha have Ganaka as its sage, the ...
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What scriptures describe Ganesha riding an elephant?
As I discuss in this question, when a mantra is given in the Puranas, it is usually preceded by a Dhyanam, which describes the appearance of the god whom you're supposed to meditate upon before ...
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Why is the rishi of the Gayatri Panjara hymn listed as "So 'ham" - "I am That"?
The Gayatri Panjara, AKA the Savitri Panjara, is a hymn to Gayatri, five-headed wife of Brahma and goddess of the Vedas. Here is the preamble to the hymn given in this excerpt from the Narada Purana: ...
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Who is the descendant of Bhrigu who heard the famous Vakratunda mantra to Ganesha from the gods?
As I discuss in this question, the sage who heard many Ganesha mantras from gods was Ganaka, who I speculated may have been an incarnation of Ganesha himself. Now I have found a mantra to Ganesha ...
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