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  2. Ahalya - Wikipedia

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    In the Uttara Kanda book of the Ramayana (regarded by most scholars as a later addition to the epic), Brahma crafts Ahalya as the most beautiful woman and places her in the care of Gautama until she reaches puberty. When that time arrives, the sage returns Ahalya to Brahma, who, impressed by Gautama's sexual restraint and asceticism, bestows ...

  3. Crime and Punishment - Wikipedia

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    The notion of "intrinsic duality" in Crime and Punishment has been commented upon, with the suggestion that there is a degree of symmetry to the book. [40] Edward Wasiolek , who has argued that Dostoevsky was a skilled craftsman, highly conscious of the formal pattern in his art, has likened the structure of Crime and Punishment to a "flattened ...

  4. Jayanta - Wikipedia

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    Indra presumes Jayanta dead, and fights more powerfully, but Meghanada defeats him too. [3] [7] Jayanta is also described to fight in the battle between the devas and asuras in the Padma Purana. [6] The Harivamsa mentions a battle between Indra and the god Krishna to acquire the celestial tree, Pārijātapuṣpa, from Indra's realm.

  5. Trishanku - Wikipedia

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    Ramayana By Akbar. The story of Trishanku's ascent to heaven is told in the Bala Kanda portion of the Valmiki Ramayana. The king had been promised a place in Svarga (the abode of the celestial deities) by the sage Vishvamitra. The sage engaged in a solitary yajna to achieve this, not joined by other sages due to instructions from Sage Vasishtha ...

  6. Vamana - Wikipedia

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    6.2 Ramayana. 6.2.1 Valmiki version ... Book 6, Chapter 3, Section 15 (pp. 275) ... [the devas] Indra' (Part 2: 38.21-22) It is stated that a son of Bali, Cakravarma, ...

  7. Vanavasa - Wikipedia

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    While it can be undertaken voluntarily, it usually carries a connotation of forced exile as a punishment. It commonly figures as a harsh penalty in ancient Hindu epics (such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata) [2] set in a time, thousands of years ago, when much of the Indian subcontinent was a wilderness. [3]

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers ... - AOL

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    Move over, Wordle and Connections—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity fans can find on ...

  9. Jabali - Wikipedia

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    August Wilhelm Schlegel, who translated Ramayana to German (1829), also called these lines fake, and later regretted having included them in his translation. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] According to Jayantanuja Bandyopadhyaya , Rama's outburst against Jabali in these verses is an example of " Brahmanical counteroffensive against all anti- Vedic ideals and ...