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He was exiled to the realm of Patala (the netherworld) by the Vamana avatar of Vishnu to restore cosmic order, [7] and was blessed with immortality by the deity. Vyasa: The sage and author of the Mahabharata. He represents erudition and wisdom. He is the son of sage Parashara and Satyavati, a fisherwoman. [8] He was born towards the end of the ...
Ravana, Ravana is a mythological King in Hindu mythology. Rawana was an ambitious brahmin who went on to lead the asuras or demons on several wars against the gods. He prayed to Brahma for immortality although it was refused by the later. Brahma however gave him the boon that he would only be killed by a human.
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Some Hindu texts state that Mahabali was banished to patala (netherworld), some state he was dragged there by Garuda, in others he entered heaven with the touch of Vishnu, while another version states he became Chiranjivi (immortal). [10] Others even have Bali admitted into Vaikuntha, which was an even higher place than the realm of the devas. [12]
Hindu mythology is the body of myths [a] attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, [1] the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, [2]) the Puranas, [3] and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and Divya ...
This general, non-specific, meaning of the term Amesha Spenta also has an equivalent in the Vedic Sanskrit Vishve Amrtas, which is the collective term for all supernatural beings (lit: 'all immortals').
Kalki (Sanskrit: कल्कि), also called Kalkin, [1] is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.According to Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages in the cycle of existence (Krita).
People in Hindu mythology (6 C, 2 P) R. Characters in the Ramayana (7 C, ...