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Is Rig Vedic Indra only Sri Rama?
According to Rig Veda (and other Vedas) Indra is the all pervading and supreme being:
In every figure he [Indra] hath been the mode... Indra assumes many form by his Maya (6.47.18)
He who is Lord of ...
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Gautama and Ahalya: she didn't turn into stone?
Popular Ramayana story describes Rama touching Ahalya, in stone form, and rescuing her.
But in Mahabharata, the story is completely different. Gautama asks his son to kill his wife and goes away. His ...
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Lord Indra ( Life expectancy) [closed]
Rahul Arya, a notable Arya Samaj preacher in his YouTube channel has told Lord Indra lived for 500 years and then he died.
He tells that God has made our body in such a manner that a human structure ...
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Clarity regarding Vali's father and his golden pendant
If not mistaken Vali's father is Indra. But in the sarga on Vali's fight with Dundubhi in Kishkindha Kanda there is a verse which says Vali wore the pendant given by his father Mahendra
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How exactly is the Indra-Ahalyā affair narrated in Ṣaḍviṃṡa Brāhmaṇa?
This answer claims the Ṣaḍviṃṡa Brāhmaṇa attached to Sāmaveda also mentions the Indra-Ahalyā affair.
But how exactly is the story narrated in Ṣaḍviṃṡa Brāhmaṇa?
Is it any different from the version ...
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Jatayu's fight with indra
The answer to this question How was Jatayu able to fight with Ravana? says that jatayu went to fight indra. Any description available for that fight?
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Why is Indra referred to as 'Sahasraksha' in Valmiki Ramayana?
I was reading the Indra Ahalya incident in Valmiki Ramayana and other parts. I see that Valmiki has referred Indra as 'Sahasraksh' most of the times. 'Sahasraksh' meaning one with thousand eyes. I am ...
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What are the details of the story of Indra giving the Crest-jewel(chudamani) to king Janka?
The son of the wind-god,Hanuman, apprised Sri Rama(avatar of god Vishnu) about the discovery of Sita(avatar of goddess Lakshmi),on returning to Kishkindha (from Lanka).Then Hanuman delivered to Sri ...
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What was the name of the Sage in the story narrated by Sita?
Sita narrated an old episode about a Sage(Rishi) to Sri Rama, in the Dandaka forest.The narration is as under:-
Once upon a time, oh, dexterous one, there was a pious and true worded hermit in some ...
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Is the verse about Indra forcing himself upon Ahalyā present in the Critical Edition of Rāmāyaṇa?
The translation of Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa on this site says Indra forced himself upon Ahalyā:
BOOK 7: UTTARA KANDA
SECTION 35
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Thereupon she propitiated the ascetic Gautama saying, "O ...
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How do gods decide when to incarnate and when to assume a human form bypassing the birthing process?
In both Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, we see Indra taking a human form during what appears to be emergency situations.
When Indra wants to rob Gautama off of his ascetic power he suddenly decides to take ...
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Was Śatānanda the son of Gautama or Indra?
It is generally believed that Śatānanda was the son of Gautama and Ahalyā.
But was Śatānanda born before Indra had the brief affair with Ahalyā?
How do we know Śatānanda was not the son of ...
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Story where Puloman was killed by Indrani's future husband Indra?
As per wiki/Shachi:
Puloman, an Asura who was killed by Indrani's future husband, Indra.
But as per UTTARA KANDA of Valmiki Ramayana, Puloman (or Puloma) saves Jayanta (Indra's son) in Ravana/...
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What is the story of son of Indra in the form of a crow was punished by lord Rama?
Is there any story that a son of Indra in the form of a crow was punished by lord Rama with his Brahmastra? I always listen to it.
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Discrepancy in Valmiki Ramayana
I was browsing two sites of translation of Valmiki Ramayana, while engaging in a debate with a western-colonized feminist on Ahalya. Nevertheless, she was defeated because she didn't even have the ...
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Were Vali and Sri Rama of same age?
As per Sargas 15-17 of Srimad Ramayana, after Lord Vishnu agreed to take birth as a son of King Dasaratha, Lord Brahma ordered as follows:
(The Gods become progenitors of Vanara heroes at the dictate ...
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Was the story of adultery of Indra in the story of Ahalya a PRAKSHIPTA?
If Lord Indra is a "womaniser" as described as in the Puranic Literature, can anyone tell as to how many women fall prey to him?
Only Ahalya's story occurs to me. So we have to closely examine the ...
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Were both the MAYAs mentioned in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata one and the same (or) different?
1) A demon architect by name Maya, who was killed by Indra. This story comes in Kishkinda Kanda.
मयो नाम महातेजा मायावी दानवर्षभः || ४-५१-१० तेन इदम् निर्मितम् सर्वम्
मायया कांचनम् वनम् |
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Who eliminated Manmatha - Lord Indra?
The story available in Puranas about incineration (burning) of Manmatha (God of Kaama) by Lord Siva is as follows:
Indra and the gods are suffering at the hands of the demon Tarakasur, who cannot be ...
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Did Dasharatha fight against the same demon Shambara described in the Rig Veda?
In the Ayodhya Kanda of the Ramayana, Kaikeyii's evil servant Manthara convinces Kaikeyii to exile Rama and make her son Bharata as king. Manthara reminds Kaikeyii that she had received two boons ...
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What is the story of Mahabali's sister's attempt to destroy the world?
In the Bala Kanda of the Ramayana, Rama is hesistant to kill the Rakshasi (demoness) Thataka because she's a woman, but the sage Vishwamitra tells him that even Indra king of the gods has fought women ...
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Did mountains use to have wings?
I heard that in Ramayana it is stated that mountains used to have wings at one point, then somehow all the mountains lost their wings, except for one mountain which was between India and Sri Lanka.
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Why did Lord Rama accept Indra's rath (chariot) in the Ramayana?
In Ramayana, when Lord Rama was about to kill Ravana, Indra sent his glorious and prestigious rath (chariot) to aid Lord Rama.
While taking leave from Ayodhya, Lord Rama had promised his father ...
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