Questions tagged [vasu]
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What is the connection between Soma (Vasu) and Soma (Chandra)? [duplicate]
As per Vishnu Purana: Part1: Chapter 15, in Vaivasvata manwantara, Brahma's son Daksha incarnated as Prachetas' son. As Daksha's mother Márishá was daughter of Soma (Chandra, the Moon god) and ...
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Who are the eight vasus?
The list of 33 types of gods in Hinduism comprises 12 Adityas, 8 vasus, among others.
The 12 Adityas are said to be sons of Aditi and include Varuna the water god, Vivasvan or Surya.
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Who is the wife of Prabhas & the mother of Vishwakarma?
The Harivamsha states that Brihaspati’s sister was a beautiful lady who became the wife of the eighth Vasu, Prabhas & Vishvakarma was born from her!
Brihaspati’s sister was a beautiful lady who ...
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Was Bhishma Dyaus-incarnate or 1/8th of all Vasus?
It is the common knowledge that, it was Prabhas (Dyaus), one of the Vasus, incarnated as Bhishma due to curse. Following passage from the Mahabharata supports it.
From this chapter of Sambhava Parva:
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Who were the seven rishis called Chitrashikhandins?
In the Shanti Parva of Mahabharat SECTION CCCXXXVII the following verse is mentioned:
King Uparichara, otherwise called Vasu, became a disciple of Vrihaspati and soon became the foremost of his ...
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Is the Dyaus mentioned in Vedas as Indra's father the same as the Vasu Dyaus?
According to Rig Ved Verse 1.164.33 Indra is born of Dyaus and Prithvi - the Sky Father & Earth Mother:
33 Dyaus is my Father, my begetter: kinship is here. This great earth is my kin and ...
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Babruvahana in Mahabarata
Babruvahana was a son of Arjun and Chitrangada who ends up killing his own father with an arrow. Uloopi the step mother of Babruvahana used a gem to bring Arjuna back to life.
I want to know how ...
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