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Is this a hoax or genuine? This claims to be a prediction of Muhammad from hindu scripture but I can't find it
Yep, it's false the only Purana where Muhhamad is supposedly mentioned is Bhaishya Purana which is a later interpolation of that Purana. I will find verses when I get home and update the answer.
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Can we worship Alakshmi?
Alakṣmī is indeed worshipped by Bengalis.
While most Bengali Hindus observe the worship of Dakṣiṇākālī on the midnight of Dīpānvitā amāvasyā, families hailing from Eastern Bengal worship Lakṣmī on the ...
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Did any deities ever incarnate as demons and plants?
Laxmi is suppose to be born as Tulsi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulasi_in_Hinduism
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Is this sloka part of the Gajendra Moksha stotra in the Bhagavta Purana?
This particular prayer called Gajendra moksha stotra is present in 8th skandha of Srimad bhagwatam.
ŚB 8.3.26
सोऽहं विश्वसृजं विश्वमविश्वं विश्ववेदसम् ।
विश्वात्मानमजं ब्रह्म प्रणतोऽस्मि परं पदम् ॥ ...
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Did any deities ever incarnate as demons and plants?
Jalandhara and Andhaka are Shivansha.
From Vrinda 3 plants were born.
Sri Shiva Purana 2.5.5.26.:
Out of the seeds sown (on Vrinda's pyre), O great sage, three plants shot up—the Myrobalan, the ...
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About combined Elephant and Bull
The only combination kind of thing i can think of is the story of the Sage Upamanyu and the Lord Sureshwara form of Bhagawan Mahadeva.
MBH. 13.14.:
Desirous of ascertaining whether I was solely ...
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Who are Vrisha and Bhringariti? Is any other mention about Chandikeshwara in scriptures?
The three Entities are as follows.:
Vrisha/Vrishava is Lord Vishnu himself.
During the Tripura Dahan episode, Lord Vishnu assumed the form of a bull to stabilize the chariot made of Sun, Moon, ...
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Is Shiva Rahasya book authentic?
Yeah Shiva Rahasya Itihāsa's auntencity is beyond any Doubt. It is one of the Itihasas and one of the Major and important scripture of Shaivism.
There's a clear mention of Śiva Rahasya Mahētihāsa in ...
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