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What is the story of Vishnu killing sage Bhrighu's wife Kavyamata?
Lord Vishnu killing mother of Sukraacharya is also mentioned in Padma Puran Brahma Khanda Chapter 57.
Speaking thus to one another, they who were frightened, took the shelter of Kavya's ...
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How did Shukracharya get Sanjeevani Vidya?
The story of Shukracharya receiving Sanjivani Vidya is found in Chapter 16 of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.
As per it, Shukracharya performed a very severe penance, by inhaling smoke of husked ...
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Every Brahmin does aachman (purification) in the name of Vishnu. Then on whose name shukracharya will do so (aachman)?
Because every Brahmin does aachman in the name of Vishnu
That is obviously not true.
First of all, the Smarta achamana, which is prescribed in Manu Smriti and several other Smritis, does not require ...
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Story of Tara, Chandra and Tarakaamayam
This story is told in this chapter of Vishnu Purana:
CHAP. VI.
Kings of the lunar dynasty. Origin of Soma, or the moon: he carries off Tárá, the wife of Vrihaspati: war between the gods and ...
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Who were the gurus of Brihaspati and Sukracharya?
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (Book 9; Chapter 4) talks about a particular Saraswati Mantra.
During different times the Mantra is said to have been imparted by various Gurus to their respective disciples....
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Where did guru Shukracharya live?
Shukracharya ‘is’ the guru of the Daityas and Danavas. He is the planet Venus, among the nine planets in jyotisha and ‘lives’ in his own Loka which is described below.
As per the Puranas, the world of ...
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Who is Allah according to Hinduism?
Hindu scriptures doesn't mention at all about anything who closely resembles an Islamic Allah.
Theologically, Allah could be equated to Brahman, the Hindu supreme God. But the comparison fails after ...
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Who is Allah according to Hinduism?
According to Hinduism, Allah is Lord Shiva.
Allah is the one who never takes birth. In Hinduism Lord Shiva never takes birth. Allah is amorphous and Shiva Lingam in Hinduism is the symbol that Lord ...
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Mṛta Sanjeevani Mantra
Can I get specific instances where he exactly used the Mrit Sanjeevani Mantra and was successful in reviving
There are few instances where he used Mṛtasañjīvanī and was successful:
During the war b/...
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How & Why did Shukracharya become the guru of Daityas?
Yudhishthira asked the same question to Bhishma as why he was always in favor of the asuras and doing things disagreeable to the dieties.
"Yudhishthira said, 'This curiosity, O sire, is always ...
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What is the origin of Shukracharya gotra?
Sriguru Shukraacharya was from the lineage of Great Maharshi Bhrigu. Hence he was called "bhArgava". Bhargava pravara is related to many gotras. I am posting the gotras which have bhargava pravara so ...
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Who is Allah according to Hinduism?
No, there is no mention of Allah in any Hindu scriptures. Hindu scriptures are believed to be thousands year old and Islam as a religion came much later. So, don't believe whoever tells such things.
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What is the story of Vishnu killing sage Bhrighu's wife Kavyamata?
Also,this story is mentioned in Uttara Ramayana as told by Sage Durvasa to King Dasaradha when he queried about Lord Rama's future.Later this part is narrated to Lakshmana by Sumantra on being asked ...
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Was Shukracharya a Brahmarishi?
Certainly he was a rishi of great caliber. He did one of the most difficult penance ever and thus obtained the great vidya of immortality directly from lord Shiva. This puts him in the category of ...
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How & Why did Shukracharya become the guru of Daityas?
Here is a link where you can get the story:-
1.Hindupedia
He was one of the sons of sage Bhrigu and his wife Khyati and thus the grandson of Lord Brahma. When they were young, Shukra and ...
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What's exact "ShukropAsita Mrityunjaya Mantra"?
You can find it on http://muktalib5.org/digital_library_secure_entry.htm
in brhattantrasāra :
"oṃ tatsaviturvareṇyaṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ
puṣṭivarddhaṇaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi ...
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Who is Allah according to Hinduism?
Mohammad: prophet or pisach?
I) INTRODUCTION:
Since a long time a question has been bothering Hindus and Muslims alike about the identity of Mohammed who is called the prophet of islam, while some ...
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Who is Allah according to Hinduism?
Shukracharya is a maharshi. There were two kinds of people at that time. Devas and Asuras. According to devas, asura means demon/evil. According to asura, they call 'devas' as 'daevas' which means ...
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