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What are the differences between the Jaya version and the main Mahabharata?
No Manuscriptof the JAYA survives. Several attempts have been made to reconstruct the 8800 shloka by redaction. I am awareof two
A. By Soren Sorensen a Danish Indologist. I have come across this pdf ...
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How could a Yaksha kill the 4 Pandavas in Mahabharat? Was he that mighty? Why was Arjuna/Bhima not able to wage a war with that Yaksha?
Yaksha/ Yama did not kill the Pandavas.. he merely made Pandavas unconscious with his maya/ power of illusion.
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Who possessed Pashupatastra other than Arjuna and Shiva?
In Valmiki Ramayana, Vishwamitra possessed Pashupatastra, which he used, along with many other weapons, on Vasistha.
Balakanda
वारुणं चैव रौद्रं च ऐन्द्रं पाशुपतं तथा।
ऐषीकं चापि चिक्षेप कुपितो गाधि...
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Who possessed Pashupatastra other than Arjuna and Shiva?
Hiranyakashipu used Pashupata against Lord Narasimha -
The confusing weapon, the weapon mAyAdhara, the dear weapon gAndharva, the jewel among the swords nandakam, the weapons prasvApna, pramathana, ...
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Who possessed Pashupatastra other than Arjuna and Shiva?
As said Mahadeva himself to Arjuna and mentioned above by @Tez from Mahabharata, Pashupatastra can't be obtained by even gods. So, it's not possible for humans to get it.
It can only be gained by high ...
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Can the Devi Bhagavatam and Srimad Bhagavatam co-exist?
The question itself is not quite right. More appropriately, Are both of them valid and if not and if only one of them is valid, which one is it.
The answer to that must not be a personal opinion, but ...
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How were Rakshas created?
According to the Brahmand Puran there are different types of Rakshasas, to be precise, seven and their orign is indicated by their names such as Paulastyas, Agastyas, Kaushiks etc.
In his previous ...
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Did Drona please Lord Shiva with a shower of arrows?
Deepest apologies for nonsensical wrong answer before. This information is the closest I could get. Please do not upvote as the correct precise answer would have "a shower of arrows"! ...
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On the nature of Krishna
Yes Lord Krishna knew he was an avatar of Lord Vishnu.:
Listen, O Partha, to this secret and ancient history as it is, O sinless one! I have four forms, eternally engaged as I am in protecting the ...
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On the nature of Krishna
Krishna is the Supreme lord of the universe -
He is without birth and death, of radiant splendour, the Creator of the universe and the Lord of all! Indeed, he who is the invisible
cause of all, who ...
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Did lord Krishna tell Arjuna that all the names (such as Rudra, Indra) refer to Krishna only?
All the names belong to Bhagawān Shiva and also originated from him.
In Kāla mind is fixed, in Kāla breath (is fixed), in Kāla names (are fixed/composed); when Kāla has arrived all these creatures ...
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What script did Ganesha write the Mahabharata in?
There was a time when the Vedic type religion or Mitra-Varuna religion existed in Iran and even further west upto Mesopotamia. Almost all the scripts in the region are descended from the same source. ...
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Uttara Gita: Source of Uttara Gita in Mahabharata
In response to your question, I gather after searching that the sources are in the Mahabharat, but it is not a direct subsection of it.
Technically:Uttaragītā (उत्तरगीता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s ...
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Were there two Vijaya bows belonging to Indra at time of Mahabharata?
Yes, Lord Indra can have 2 weapons of the same name.
For example.:
Lord Indra fought with Lord Nandi in Daksha Yagna episode with Vajra. In Daksha Yagna sage Dadhichi was the one who cursed all the ...
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A user has commented "According to Mahabharata all 18 puranas are sattvik and leads to moksha" is there a citation for this?
According to Mahabharata an Itihāsa.:
All the 18 Puranas gives equal benifits after reading them which is same as the benifits of the devotion towards Lord Vishnu.
“aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ śravaṇād yat ...
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How could a Yaksha kill the 4 Pandavas in Mahabharat? Was he that mighty? Why was Arjuna/Bhima not able to wage a war with that Yaksha?
That was not an Yaksha. It was Yama in the disguise of a yaksha -
'O child, I am even your father, the Lord of justice, possessed of great prowess! Know, bull of the Bharata race, that I came hither
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