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Ahirbudhnya Samhita was a Bhagavata text, in which the conceptions of Sudarshana as Ayudhapurusha and Chakravartin were invoked. As per the Samhita, a king who worships Chakravarti inside the Sudarshana Chakra attains the Chakravartin rank; a new concept, which according to VS Agarwal, which helped the Bhagavatas to use religious tenets in ...
The word Sudarshana is derived from two Sanskrit words – Su (सु) meaning "good/auspicious" and Darshana (दर्शन) meaning "vision".In the Monier-Williams dictionary the word Chakra is derived from the root क्रम् (kram) or ऋत् (rt) or क्रि (kri) and refers among many meanings, to the wheel of a carriage, wheel of the sun's chariot or metaphorically to the ...
As Vāsudēva, Krishna killed Paundraka by beheading off Paundraka's head with the Sudarshana Chakra. The son of the king of Kashi, Sudakshina, created an evil demonic spirit using black magic to destroy Dwaraka, with the help of some corrupt priests. However, Krishna's Sudarshana Chakra set fire around Kashi. The whole kingdom was burnt and ...
Sudarshana Chakra depicted as an ayudhapurusha and fierce aspect of his owner Vishnu. Treatises such as the Vishnudharmottara Purana and various Agamas describe the iconography of the ayudhapurushas. Shakti is depicted as a red-hued woman seated on a wolf. The Danda is a fearful black-complexioned man with wrathful red eyes.
About 3,000 years after this, King Cheraman Perumal visited the temple. His wife, Queen Cherumdevi, wanted to build a shrine for Vishnu attached to the Sudarshana shrine. [8] They ordered a Vishnu idol from Tamil Nadu after the temple was rebuilt. The queen dreamed that Garuda, disguised as a Brahmin, told her about Sreevallabhan's idol and ...
Sudarshana Chakra, a legendary spinning disc like weapon used by the Hindu god Vishnu; Sudharshan Kriya, a yoga technique; Sudarshan, Gujarati language magazine founded by Indian writer Manilal Dwivedi; Sudharshan, an Indian actor in Telugu cinema; Sudharshan, a 1951 Indian Tamil-language film
[1] [2] The text is important in Shaivism, where Shiva is viewed as the Parabrahman. The hymn is an early example of enumerating the names of a deity. [3] Shri Rudram is also famous for its mention of the Shaivite holy mantra Namah Shivaya, which appears in the text of the Śatarudrīya in the eighth anuvāka of Taittiriya Samhita (TS 4.5.8.1). [4]
Garga-samhita contents # Khanda (Book) Number of chapters Content 1 Goloka-khanda: 20 Pastimes of Radha Krishna in Goloka, Structure of Goloka.: 2 Vrindavana-khanda: 26 Krishna's pastimes with Radha, Gopis and Gopas (cowherds); identifies various places (including Vrindavan) in the Mathura mandala (region) as the sites of these events.