Rani Lakshmi Bai started strengthening the defense of Jhansi and she assembled a volunteer army of patriots. Women were also recruited and given military training. Rani was accompanied by her generals Gulam Gaus Khan, Dost Khan, Khuda Baksh, Lala Bhau Bakshi, Moti Bai, Sunder-Mundar, Kashi Bai, Deewan Raghunath Singh and Deewan Jawahar Singh. Many from the local population volunteered for service in the army ranks, with th ...

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Rani Lakshmi Bai, Rani Lakshmi Bai - Early life, Rani Lakshmi Bai - Annexation, Rani Lakshmi Bai - The war, Rani Lakshmi Bai - Epilogue, Rani Lakshmi Bai - Timeline

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The Temple of Lord Jaganatha is one of the major temples in India. The worship of Lord Jaganatha is so ancient that there is no accurate record of how long it has been going on. It is strictly forbidden for non-Hindus to enter the Jaganatha temple. Once a year Lord Jaganatha, along with his brother, Baladeva, and sister, Subhadra, are taken out of the temple and pulled on huge chariots through the streets of Puri. It is from these huge chariots that the English word 'juggernaut' comes. Millions of devotees attend this festival every year, including the King of Puri, who sweeps t ...

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Jaganatha, Jaganatha - The Temple, Jaganatha - Appearance

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Jagannath Sanskrit is the name of the presiding deity of the eponymous temple situated in the temple town of Puri, in Orissa, India. ...

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Jagannath, Jagannath - Jagannatha Puri

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Arjuna is depicted as a wholesome and well-rounded personality, a healthy mind in a healthy body, a person whom any mother, wife and friend would cherish and be proud of. The son of Indra, Arjuna is said to have been well-built and extremely handsome; something of a ladies' man, he married four times, as detailed elsewhere. Arjuna was also true and loyal to his friends; he enjoyed a life-long rapport with his cousin and brother-in-law, Sri Krishna. He was also sensitive and thoughtful, as demonstrated by his misgivings about the Kurukshetra ...

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Arjuna, Arjuna - Birth, Arjuna - Personality, Arjuna - The Diligent Student, Arjuna - Draupadi, Arjuna - Adherence to his Duty, Arjuna - Marital Engagements, Arjuna - In Exile, Arjuna - The Kurukshetra War, Arjuna - Krishna and Arjuna, Arjuna - The Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna - Karna and Arjuna, Arjuna - Arjuna's revenge, Arjuna - After the War, Arjuna - Other Names of Arjuna, Arjuna - Referencees

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Jagannatha:

Jagannatha: "Lord of the Universe". A deity of Krishna worshiped all over India for thousands of years, especially in the province of Orissa, where there is a great temple of Lord Jagannatha at Puri. His brother is Balarama and His sister is Subhadra. Each year at Puri, during the gigantic Ratha-yatra festival, millions of pilgrims from all over India come to worship Lord Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra, as the deities ride in procession on three huge carts. Lord Caitanya, who spent the last eighteen years of His life at Jagannatha Puri, used to dance and chant in ecstasy before the Deity of Lord Jagannatha during the yearly Ratha-yatra festival.

(See also: Jagannatha, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Jagannatha (-deva)

“Lord of the universe,” an ancient Deity of Krishna. He was established along with His brother Balarama and sister Subhadra in the holy city of Puri, on the coast of Orissa. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu resided in Puri and worshiped Lord Jagannatha.

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Abhimanyu

The only son of Arjuna and Subhadra. He was a promising heir to the Kuru dynasty but died in the Battle of Kurukshetra while still in his teens. He left his widow, Uttara, pregnant with Parikshit.

(See also: Abhimanyu, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Rohini's husband, Vasudeva, was also married to another lady, Devaki. Immediately after the wedding of Devaki and Vasudeva, an oracle predicted the death of Devaki's evil brother Kamsa at the hand of "the eighth son of Devaki". Kamsa then resolved upon killing all the progeny of Devaki immediately upon birth, and imprisoned the newly-wed couple without further ado. This left the distraught Rohini alone, albeit at liberty. Kamsa proceeded to personally kill each child born to the imprisoned couple immediately after its birth. In due co ...

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Rohini Devi, Rohini Devi - Vasudeva's imprisonment, Rohini Devi - Nurture of Krishna, Rohini Devi - Posterity

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Yogamaya (Mahayoga)

The aspect of Krishna’s personal energy who enhances His loving pastimes with His devotees by putting the devotees in benign illusion, making them forget that He is God. When Krishna descended to earth, Yogamaya appeared as His sister, Subhadra. Mahamaya, the material energy of illusion, is her partial expansion

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Upon finishing the period of their exile, the Pandavas claim their kingdom back from the Kauravas, who will not hear of it. War breaks out. Arjuna - Krishna and Arjuna. Krishna and Arjuna have always been more than cousins; they have been friends. Indeed, Krishna had been instrumental in arranging the wedding of his sister Subhadra with Arjuna. When Balarama decides to side with the Kauravas in the war, Krishna, in his personal capacity, decides to be near Arjuna and protect him. Krishna becomes the person ...

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Arjuna, Arjuna - Birth, Arjuna - Personality, Arjuna - The Diligent Student, Arjuna - Draupadi, Arjuna - Adherence to his Duty, Arjuna - Marital Engagements, Arjuna - In Exile, Arjuna - The Kurukshetra War, Arjuna - Krishna and Arjuna, Arjuna - The Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna - Karna and Arjuna, Arjuna - Arjuna's revenge, Arjuna - After the War, Arjuna - Other Names of Arjuna, Arjuna - Referencees

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Ratha-yatra

The yearly festival in Puri during which Lord Jagannatha, His brother Lord Baladeva, and Their sister Subhadra move in procession, each on their own cart, from their temple to the Gundicha temple, which represents Vrindavana. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would observe this Gundicha-yatra with great festivity in the company of His devotees.

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Jagan-Natha (Sanskrit). Lit., "Lord of the World", a title of Vishnu. The great image of Jagan-natha on its car, commonly pronounced and spelt Jagernath. The idol is that of Vishnu Krishna. Puri, near the town of Cuttack in Orissa, is the great seat of its worship; and twice a year an immense number of pilgrims attend the festivals of the Snana yatra and Ratha-atra During the first, the image is bathed, and during the second it is placed on a car, between the images of Balarama the brother, and Subhadra the sister of Krishna and the huge vehicle is drawn by the devotees, who deem it felicity to be crushed to death under it.

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On the 13th day of battle, the Kauravas challenge the Pandavas to break a circular battle formation known as the Chakra Vyuha (see Wars of Hindu Mythology). The Pandavas accept the challenge since they know that the knowledge of how to defeat such a formation is known to Krishna and Arjuna. However, on that day, Krishna and Arjuna are dragged into fighting a war on another front. Since the Pandavas have accepted the challenge already, they have no choice but to attempt to use young lad Abhimanyu, who has knowledge on how ...

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Abhimanyu, Abhimanyu - Birth Education and War, Abhimanyu - Abhimanyu's death, Abhimanyu - Arjuna's Great Revenge, Abhimanyu - Explanation of his Death, Abhimanyu - See Also

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Abhimanyu (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + the verbal root man to think)

Son of Arjuna by Subhadra, sister of Krishna. In the mystic interpretation of the Bhagavad-Gita, Abhimanyu represents high-mindedness, akin to dhyana (meditation). Abhimanyu killed Duryodhana's son Lakshmana on the second day of the great battle of Kurukshetra, while he himself was slain on the thirteenth day.

The Mahabharata tells of Abhimanyu's previous birth as Varchas, son of Chandra, and the agreement entered into by Chandra with the devas to send his son to be born as the son of Arjuna in order to fight against the "wicked people." Chandra imposed the condition, however, that Abhimanyu should be slain by the opposing forces so as to return to him in his sixteenth year.

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At the successful conclusion of the war, Arjuna is appointed Commander in Chief by his brother, King Yudhisthira, who conducts the Asvamedha Yagna, or horse sacrifice. Arjuna follows the sacrificial horse all throughout the country, killing the remaining unrighteous kings and establishing his peace-loving, just and gentle brother's rule over the world. In course of time, the Pandava brothers decide, at an advanced age, to renounce the world. They entrust the kingdom to Parikshita, the son of Abhimanyu and grandson of Arjuna. The Pandavas then retire to the Hi ...

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Arjuna, Arjuna - Birth, Arjuna - Personality, Arjuna - The Diligent Student, Arjuna - Draupadi, Arjuna - Adherence to his Duty, Arjuna - Marital Engagements, Arjuna - In Exile, Arjuna - The Kurukshetra War, Arjuna - Krishna and Arjuna, Arjuna - The Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna - Karna and Arjuna, Arjuna - Arjuna's revenge, Arjuna - After the War, Arjuna - Other Names of Arjuna, Arjuna - Referencees

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The tales of Krishna appear in a number of ancient and medieval Hindu texts - virtually every Purana tells the full life-story or some highlights from it. In the absence of any historical biography, this summary is based on the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana. The Mahabharata and its addendum Harivamsa are the oldest sources of the tale. Whilst all the four books are considered sacred by the Hindus, the two Puranas are the most theologically venerated. The scenes from the tale are set in north India, in ...

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Krishna, Krishna - The name, Krishna - Texts stories and literature, Krishna - The story of Krishna, Krishna - The incarnation, Krishna - Birth and childhood, Krishna - Boyhood and youth, Krishna - Krishna the prince, Krishna - The Kurukshetra war, Krishna - The last days, Krishna - The worship of Krishna, Krishna - Early references, Krishna - The Bhakti tradition, Krishna - Gita Govinda - the song of the cowherd, Krishna - Recent Krishna bhakti movements, Krishna - Krishna in Jainism, Krishna - Krishna in Buddhism, Krishna - Chronology

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As an unborn child in his mother's womb, Abhimanyu learns the knowledge of entering the deadly and virtually impenetrable Chakra Vyuha (see Wars of Hindu Mythology) from his father Arjuna. The epic explains that he overheard his father talking about this with this mother from the womb. Trained by his father, who is the best warrior on earth at the time, he is also raised by Lord Krishna, as Abhimanyu spends his childhood in Dwaraka, his mother's city. His father arranges his marriage to Uttara, daughter of king Virata to seal a ...

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Abhimanyu, Abhimanyu - Birth Education and War, Abhimanyu - Abhimanyu's death, Abhimanyu - Arjuna's Great Revenge, Abhimanyu - Explanation of his Death, Abhimanyu - See Also

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News of the despicable acts committed on Abhimanyu reached his father Arjuna at the end of the day, who vows to kill Jayadratha the very next day by sunset, and failing to do so, commit suicide by self-immolation immediately. Reports of the vow that Arjuna has taken reach the Kaurava camp the same night, which decides that protecting king Jayadrath is of prime importance the next day since the benefits are two-fold; Jayadrath lives to help swing the war for the Kauravas and more importantly it helps ensure Arj ...

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Abhimanyu, Abhimanyu - Birth Education and War, Abhimanyu - Abhimanyu's death, Abhimanyu - Arjuna's Great Revenge, Abhimanyu - Explanation of his Death, Abhimanyu - See Also

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A number of local traditions and regional deities may have been subsumed into the stories and person of Krishna. Accounts of or ballads about Krishna occur in a large number of works. These include the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, the Bhagavata Purana, and the Gita Govinda. Roughly one quarter of the Bhagavata Purana (mostly in the tenth book) is spent extolling his life and philosophy. The best known, or the most important stories of Krishna, include these: Krishna the butter-thief (Maakhanchor). One of the mos ...

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Krishna, Krishna - The name, Krishna - Texts, stories, and literature, Krishna - The story of Krishna, Krishna - The incarnation, Krishna - Birth and childhood, Krishna - Boyhood and youth, Krishna - Krishna the prince, Krishna - The Kurukshetra war, Krishna - The last days, Krishna - The worship of Krishna, Krishna - Early references, Krishna - The Bhakti tradition, Krishna - Gita Govinda - the song of the cowherd, Krishna - Recent Krishna bhakti movements, Krishna - Krishna in Jainism, Krishna - Krishna in Buddhism, Krishna - Chronology

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The death of such a virtuous and young hero leaves the Pandavas flabbergasted. The fates of most characters are openly prophesized in the epic, but there is none about Abhimanyu. Arjuna moans of why Krishna did not warn him of this happening, and why he happened on that very day to wear away from the main battle, thus not being at the aid of his son. He also bewails that neither he nor Krishna dis ...

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Abhimanyu, Abhimanyu - Birth Education and War, Abhimanyu - Abhimanyu's death, Abhimanyu - Arjuna's Great Revenge, Abhimanyu - Explanation of his Death, Abhimanyu - See Also

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The Atharvaveda, while undoubtedly belonging to the core Vedic corpus, in some ways represents an independent parallel tradition to that of the Rigveda and Yajurveda. The Jaina and Bauddha texts are considerably more hostile to the AV (they call it Aggvāna or Ahavā ...

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Atharvaveda, Atharvaveda - Status, Atharvaveda - Recensions, Atharvaveda - Issues of note, Atharvaveda - Dating, Atharvaveda - Editions

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