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Jambavan (Sanskrit: जाम्बवान्, IAST: Jāmbavān), also known as Jambavanta (Sanskrit: जाम्बवन्त, IAST: Jāmbavanta), is the king of the bears in Hindu texts.
An artistic depiction of the wedding of Jambavati, where she is shown as a human-bear. Jambavati, a patronymic, means daughter of Jambavan.Sridhara, a commentator on the Bhagavata Purana, identifies her with Krishna's wife Rohini.
Jambhavan (/ dʒ ɑː m b ə v ɑː n /) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by A. M. Nandakumar. The film stars Prashanth, Nila and Meghna Naidu, while Vivek, Vijayan and Vijayakumar play other pivotal roles. Featuring music composed by Bharadwaj, the film was released on 8 September 2006.
Nandakumar announced Jambhavan (2006) in December 2005 and began production shortly after a launch event held in Tirupathi. [6] Prashanth was signed to play the lead role, while Nila and Meghna Naidu were signed to portray the film's lead heroines. [7] The team began filming with a 30-day schedule in Tenkasi in southern Tamil Nadu. [8]
The myth of the Syamantaka appears in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana.The jewel originally belonged to the God of the Sun, Surya, who wore it around his neck.It was said that whichever land possessed this jewel would never encounter any calamities such as droughts, floods, earthquakes or famines, and would always be full of prosperity and plenitude.
Svapnavasavadattam is a sequel to the Bhāsa's another play Pratijnayaugandharayana (The Pledge of Minister Yaugandharayana) which describes in four acts the events culminating in the marriage of Udayana and Vasavadatta which was brought about by the efforts of Yaugandharayana, Udayana's minister.
The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature concerning the stories of previous births of Gautama Buddha. Following is the list of Jataka tales mentioned in Buddhist literature or mythology. The tales are dated between 300 BC and 400 AD. Thangka of Buddha with the One Hundred Jataka Tales in the background, Tibet, 13th-14th century.
The life story of Rani Padmini appears in some Muslim Sufi, Hindu Nath and Jain tradition manuscripts with embedded notes that the legend is symbolic. [74] Some of these are dated to the 17th-century, and state that Chittor ( Chit-aur ) symbolizes the human body, the king is the human spirit, the island kingdom of Singhal is the human heart ...