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Veda vyasa mahabaratham [duplicate]
Where will I get mahabarat books written by maharishi veda vyasa in India? Also I wanted to get srimad Bhagavadam by vyasa and ramayan written by valmiki. When I search for such books I don't get the ...
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Were both Valmiki Ramamyana and Vyasa's Mahabharata contemporaneous accounts?
I think Valmiki appears in Ramayana and Vyasa in Mahabharata.
Is it true that they recorded what they saw directly and were not retelling what they had heard?
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Where is Vālmīki right now?
This answer claims that, Vālmīki, the author of Rāmāyaṇa, is still alive:
Valmiki is still living. He was also present during the conversation between Yudhishthira and Bhishma which is recorded in ...
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Since Mahābhārata happened after Rāmāyaṇa, why did Pāṇḍu kill a deer that was mating?
In the very beginning of Rāmāyaṇa, Vālmīki curses a hunter for shooting down a krauncha bird because it upset him very much. But isn't it the sva-dharma of a hunter to kill deer or bird for food?
Yes,...
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Did Valmiki - Ramayana author, write about Lord Krishna?
As all of you know, Valmiki is the author of Ramayana which depicts the life of SriRama. The epic Mahabharata was written by Vyasa and Krishna plays the important role in there. As per the Puranas ...
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When was sage Valmiki accused of killing a Brahmin?
In this chapter of the Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata, different sages tell Yudhishthira about the benefits they received by praying to Shiva. In particular, the sage Valmiki, author of the ...
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Original Ramayana and Mahabharata [closed]
Was the name "Ramayana" given to Ramayana by sage Valmiki or is it people who just call it by that name?
If not, then what was the name given by Valmiki?
Is the Ramayana book written by the sage ...