Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Mahabharata, The Epic Story
The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Mahabharata The Epic Story
The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Significance Of Mahabharata
Background - The story has its beginning at the time of King Shantanu, three generations before Krishna and Arjuna. King Shantanu’s fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia - Mahabharata
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Article - Mahabharata: The Mahabharata In The Hindu Scriptures
The Mahabharata is the history of the Pandavas and the Pandavas. It gives a description of the great war, the Battle of Kurukshetra, whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - Symbolism Of Mahabharata
The Mahabharata symbolizes the Creation of the Universe, and the Creation of Man from Spirit or the Supreme Consciousness, into Matter. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Central Story
The core story of the work is that of a dynastic struggle for the throne of Hastinapura, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan. The two coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abhimanyu: Encyclopedia - Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu is a tragic hero in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. He is the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, and nephew of Lord Krishna. Abhiman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kavitrayam: Encyclopedia - Kavitrayam
Kavitrayam is a Telugu expression for trinity of poets. Kavitrayam popularly refers to the poets who translated the great epic Mahabharat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mayasura: Encyclopedia - Mayasura
In Hindu mythology, Maya, or Mayasura was a great ancient king of the Asura, Daitya and Rakshasa races upon earth. He was also the chief ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parikshita: Encyclopedia - Parikshita
Parikshita is in the Mahabharata epic the successor of Yudhisthira to the throne of Hastinapura. Alternate spellings of his name are Pari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indraprastha: Encyclopedia - Indraprastha
The city of Indraprastha (City of Indra) was a major northern city in ancient India that was the capital of the kingdom led by the Pandav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chandravarma Kamboja: Encyclopedia - Chandravarma Kamboja
Chandravarma Kamboja is the first Kamboja king mentioned by name in the Mahabharata. He appears to have been an ancient and very powerful...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radha: Encyclopedia - Radha
Radha refers to either one of two figures in Hindu religion. By far the most important is Radha, the gopi, who participates in the Rasa L...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: (Sanskrit) "Great Epic of India."   The world's longest epic poem. It revolves around the conflict betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jayadratha: Encyclopedia - Jayadratha
In the epic Mahabharata, Jayadratha is the king of Sindhu. He is married to Dusshala, the sister of the Kaurava brothers. Jayadratha - Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyasa: Encyclopedia - Vyasa
Vyasa (Vyāsa in IAST transliteration) is an important and much revered figure in the Hindu tradition and its literature. He is considere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudakshina Kamboja: Encyclopedia - Sudakshina Kamboja
Sudakshina Kamboja is the third king of the Kambojas referred to in the Mahabharata. And is also the most referenced of all the Kamboja k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ekalavya: Encyclopedia - Ekalavya
In Mahabharata epic, Ekalavya is a young prince of the Nishadha tribes, who achieves a skill level parallel to the great Arjuna, despite ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru: Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru
Uttarakuru was the name of ancient country and its people as numerously referenced in ancient Vedic, Brahmanical and the Buddhist texts a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parashurama: Encyclopedia - Parashurama
Parashurama Bhargava or Parasurama (Axe-wielding Rama), is the Sixth avatara of Vishnu, and a son of Jamadagni. He is also the first Sove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam
Image:Visakhapatanam.jpg Visakhapatnam (విశాఖపట్నం) (also Vishākhapatnam, shortened and Anglicized: Vizag or Vizaga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia - Wars Of Hindu Mythology
The Wars of Hindu mythology depict great heroes and demons in battles of celestial proportions, filled with the awesome force of celestia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drona: Encyclopedia - Drona
In the epic Mahabharata, Drona (or Dronacharya) is the royal guru to the Kauravas and the Pandavas. He was a master of advanced military ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arya: Encyclopedia - Arya
Arya (árya-) is a Sanskrit term used by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others. It means "master, noble, lord" or can refer to any Vaishya....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: an epic poem of ancient India detailing the history of the evolution of mankind through the lineage of the Bharata family...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
Mahabharata The epic history of “greater India” composed by Dvaipayana Vyasa. One chapter is the Bhagavad-gita.   (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
MAHABHARATA: A Hindu epic.   (See also: MAHABHARATA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mayasura: Encyclopedia Ii - Mayasura - In The Ramayana
Maya is the father of Mandodari, the beautiful wife of Ravana, the emperor of Lanka. Maya is also regarded as a hero and father-figure fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: Mahabharata: a Hindu epic.   (See also: Mahabharata , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Sanskrit Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: A famous Hindu Epic.   (See also: Mahabharata , Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) A B C D E F G H I J K ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Mahabharata
Mahabharata:   Mahabharata ("Great Bharata"): one of India's two great ancient epics telling of the great war between...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Sword With The Historical Personages
The Devas then presented the mighty sword to Manu, advising him to wield it with utmost care, only resorting to it for punishing the tran...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: epic story of Krishna   (See also: Mahabharata , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Sai Baba Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: Mahabharata: Epic of the battle of the aristocrats in the Vedic culture during the pastimes of Krishna, out of which t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Historical Value Of The Legend
This Mahabharata legend seems to point to a remote era of transition from Bronze age to Iron age (around 14th BC?). The discovery of iron...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Mahabharata
Mahabharata:  One of India's two great ancient epics telling of the great war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas and serving a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata (Sanskrit). Lit., the "great war"; the celebrated epic poem of India (probably the longest poem in the world) wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Mythological Creation Of Universe
In the begining there was no sky, no light, nor motion. Spread everywhere was the awful silence. Then at his own proper time, Prajapati (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: The world's longest epic poem (110,00 verses) about the Mahabharata (Great Indian) War that took place about three thousa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Mahabharata
mahabharata: the epic of krishna, pandavas & kauravas   (See also: mahabharata , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Origin Of Sword
Hearing the protest from Devas, Brahma collected sacrificial objects and proceeded to perform a grand sacrifice with the foremost of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata (Sanskrit) One of the two great epic poems of ancient India, the largest poetic work known to literature, consisting of 22...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radha: Encyclopedia Ii - Radha - The Mahabharata
Radha - Radha the gopi. In the story of Krishna, as told in the Puranas and the Mahabharata, she is one of the gopis (cow-herding women...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Sword With The Mythological Deities
Brahma gave that sword to Rudra (one of Shivas forms) with the bull-banner and asked him to put down the sinners and evil-doers (papa and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Vedic Hindu Scriptures Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata "[The Mahabharata] is...probably the longest single poem in the world's literature. Traditionally the author of the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of Hindu Mythology - The Mahabharata
Commanders in Chief: Bhishma, Drona, Karna, Shalya Maharathas: Shalya, Ashwathama, Somadatta, Bhurisrava, Bhagadatta, Jayadratha, Kritava...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parama Kamboja: Encyclopedia Ii - Parama Kamboja - Mahabharata Evidence
Parama Kamboja - Kamboja. In Arjuna's Digvijaya compaign against the tribes of north, in the direction presided over by the lord of tre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas And Manusmriti: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas And Manusmriti - Mahabharata Supports Manusmriti
A very similar information on the Kamboja, Saka, Yavana and other Kshatriyas is also contained in the Anusasanaparva of Mahabharata (MBH ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas In Indian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas In Indian Literature - Mahabharata Traditions
Shantiparva of Mahabharata refers to a Kamboja warrior/king who had wrested the prized sword from Dhundhumara aka Kuvalashava, the celebr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sudakshina Kamboja: Encyclopedia Ii - Sudakshina Kamboja - Sudakshina Kamboja In Mahabharata War
Sudakshina Kamboja - Sudakshina and his army. King Draupida of Panchala had advised Yudhishtra to send messangers to Kamboja and other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Bharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Bharata - Son Of Dushyanta And Shakuntala
See Also: Mahabharata According to one legend, Bharata was the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar Dy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru: Encyclopedia Ii - Uttarakuru - Mahabharata And Uttarakuru
Mahabharata sometimes figures the Uttarakuru as a fairy land. It is stated to be the ultimate abode of the blessed souls. The souls of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahabharata: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Mahabharata
Mahabharata: An epic poem that recounts the struggle between the Kauravas and Pandavas over the disputed kingdom of Bharata, the anci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dushyanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Dushyanta - Indian Monarch
According to excerpts in the Mahabharata, Dushyanta is said to have ruled, either directly or through his satraps, from Gandhara( present...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - History
Visakhapatnam - Ramayana and Mahabharata. The city is named after the God of valour, Visakha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Bharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Bharata - The Bharata Race
See Also: Mahabharata, ancient India The imperial dynasties of ancient India, such as the Kauravas and Pandavas of Hastinapura, are recog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyasa - The Legend Of Vyasa
Vyasa appears for the first time as the author and an important character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The epic, whilst having its root...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - History
Visakhapatnam - Ramayana and Mahabharata. The city is named after the God of valour, Visakha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Bharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Bharata - Literary Sources
Bharata's exploits as a child prince are dramatised in Kalidasa's poetic play The Recognition of Shakuntala. Emperor Bharata's life and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rishikas: Encyclopedia Ii - Rishikas - On Kamboja Rishika Connection?
There are not enough references in ancient literature on Rishika clan. But it looks like there is somehow, a connection between the ancie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parashurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Parashurama - The Extermination Of The Kshatriya Race
In revenge, Parasurama killed the entire clan of Kaartaveerya-arjuna(Sahastrarjuna), thus conquering the entire earth. He offered his dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parashurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Parashurama - Legends
According to one legend, the story goes on that Parashurama was struck by remorse at his wanton killings, and offered penance on a mounta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parashurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Parashurama - Siva's Bow
In the Ramayana, Parashurama came to the betrothal ceremony of the seventh Avatara, Rama, to the princess Sita. As a test of worthiness t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyasa - Vyasa In Buddhism
Vyasa appears as Kanha-dipayana(the Pali verion of his name) in two Jataka tales: the Kanha-dipayana Jataka and Ghata Jataka.Whilst the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru: Encyclopedia Ii - Uttarakuru - Vedic Literature And Uttarakuru
Aitareya Brahmana makes first reference to Uttarakuru and Uttaramadra as real-life Janapadas and informs us that these two nations lied b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyasa - 'veda' Vyasa
It is traditionally held by Hindus that the sage classified the primordial single Veda into four. Hence he was called Veda Vyasa, or "Spl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rishikas: Encyclopedia Ii - Rishikas - Rishikas In South-west India
The Saka invasion of India in second century BCE was a joint military venture in which the allied tribes of the Shakas, Pahlavas, Kamboja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru: Encyclopedia Ii - Uttarakuru - Puranas And Uttarakuru
In later literature like Puranas, the Uttarakurus are sometimes described as mythical people and at other times their description seems i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru: Encyclopedia Ii - Uttarakuru - Buddhist Texts And Uttarakuru
Uttarakuru also finds numerous references in Buddhist literature, some times as a real land while at the other as a mythical region. In D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rishikas: Encyclopedia Ii - Rishikas - Rishikas In Saka-dvipa
The name Rishika occurs in Mahabharata as a part of Saka-dvipa (2.27.25; India as Known to Panini, p 64). Lohan. Parama.Kambojan.Rishika...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rishikas: Encyclopedia Ii - Rishikas - Rishikas In Saka-dvipa
The name Rishika occurs in Mahabharata as a part of Saka-dvipa (2.27.25; India as Known to Panini, p 64). Lohan. Parama. Kambojan. Rishi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttarakuru: Encyclopedia Ii - Uttarakuru - Foreign Sources On Uttarakuru
Ptolemy's Geography refers to Ottorokorai (Uttarakuru) tribe, Ottorokora as a city, and Ottorokoras as a river. The Ottorokora city is sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - The City/town
Image:Daylight.JPG From a tiny little fishing village in the previous century, Vizag has emerged into an industrial hub and has seen trem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - Economy
The city's growth has mostly been due to its heavy industries (both state owned and private) such as... HPCL – Oil Refinery (Hindustan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - Events
Despite being on the coast, Vizag was little affected during the disastrous December, 2004 Tsunami. The tsunami did wash the stock of som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Religious And Spiritual Uses
The term Arya is often used in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Zoroastrian texts. In the spiritual context it can be applied to Rishis or to so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyasa - In The Arthashastra
The only non-religios book in which Vyasa has an interesting entry is the Arthashastra of Chanakya. In chapter 6, it says: Whosoever is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Arya In The Epics
Arya and Anarya are primarly used in the moral sense in the Hindu Epics. People are usually called Arya or Anarya based on their behaviou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Arya In The Epics
Arya and Anarya are primarily used in the moral sense in the Hindu Epics. People are usually called Arya or Anarya based on their behavio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arya: Encyclopedia Ii - Arya - Buddhism
The word Arya is very frequently used in Buddhist texts. Buddhist texts refer to this term much more often than do Hindu or Jain texts. B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Literature - The Epics
The period between approximately the 12th and the 2nd centuries BC saw the composition of the two great Hindu epics, the Mahabharata and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drona: Encyclopedia Ii - Drona - Dronacharya
Dronacharya's legend as a great teacher and warrior exceeds Hindu mythology by strongly influencing Indian social traditions. Drona inspi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of Hindu Mythology - Devastras
An Astra is a missile-type weapon which is to be hurled at an enemy. Examples include arrows from bows. A Shastra is a personal weapon, l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - The City/town
From a tiny little fishing village in the previous century, Vizag has emerged into an industrial hub and has seen tremendous growth since...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - Economy
The city's growth has mostly been due to its heavy industries (both state owned and private) such as... HPCL – Oil Refinery (Hindustan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visakhapatnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Visakhapatnam - Events
Despite being on the coast, Vizag was little affected during the disastrous December, 2004 Tsunami. The tsunami did wash the stock of som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - Epics
The most important of these are a voluminous group of works known as the Puranas, of which there are eighteen main. The two great Hindu E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parama Kamboja: Encyclopedia Ii - Parama Kamboja - Epilogue
The foregoing references sufficiently demonstrate that the Kambojas were living on either side of the Hindukush. The cis-Hindukush divisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of Hindu Mythology - War In Religion And Myth
While no Hindu epic or scripture fails to describe the horrors of war and its fallout, major wars are fought with a religious purpose: of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of Hindu Mythology - The Avataras Of Vishnu
Vishnu, the Inconceivable Supreme, periodically takes birth, an Avatara upon earth to destroy evil and deliver the pious. He is also the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wars Of Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Wars Of Hindu Mythology - The Kshatriya Order
War Sacrifices Ashwamedha: the famous horse-sacrifice was conducted by allowing a pony to roam freely for a slated period of time, with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parama Kamboja: Encyclopedia Ii - Parama Kamboja - Etymology Of Parama-kamboja
The prefix Parama- can be interpretted in the sense of (1) Uttara or northern (2) beyond and (3) greater/supreme. The Parama- with a sens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parama Kamboja: Encyclopedia Ii - Parama Kamboja - More Evidence On Two Kamboj Settlements
Parama Kamboja - Evidence from Dasam-Granth. While referring to the invasion of Alexander of Macedon, Dasasam Granth a seventeenth cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas And Manusmriti: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas And Manusmriti - A Formal Procedure To Elevate One’s Position
A formal procedure is detailed in Mahabharata as to how these Vratya Kshatriyas (or the alien hordes) could attain the high status of nob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - Primary Purport
With its vast philosophical depth and sheer magnitude, a consummate embodiment of the ethos of not only grand India but of Hinduism and V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - Background And History
The epic is told by Vyasa, who is one of the major dynastic characters within the epic. The first section of the Mahabharata states that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - The Books
The Mahabharata is written in eighteen parvas (chapters or books) which are: Adi-parva - Introduction, birth and upbringing of the princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - In Modern Times
Between 1919 and 1966, the scholars at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, compared the various manuscripts of the epic fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata - Scope
With its vast philosophical depth and sheer magnitude, a consummate embodiment of the ethos of not only grand India but of Hinduism and V...   » Read the article