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The term is a combination of chiram, or 'permanent', and jīvi, or 'lived'.It is similar to amaratva, which refers to true immortality.At the end of the last manvantara (age of Manu), an asura named Hayagriva attempted to become immortal by swallowing the sacred pages of the Vedas, as they escaped from the mouth of Brahma.
Seven Immortals can refer to: Seven Immortals (Chinese mythology) Seven Immortals (gang) Seven Immortals / Chiranjivi (Hindu Mythology) This page was last edited on ...
Mahabali is described in early Hindu texts as a benevolent and generous king. He ruled without discrimination, and his people were honest, healthy, and happy under his rule. [ 8 ] Mahabali also temporarily possessed the amrita (nectar of eternal life) obtained by the asuras . [ 9 ]
In traditional Hindu astronomy, the seven stars of the Big Dipper are identified with the names of Saptarshis. The Saptarshi (Sanskrit: सप्तर्षि, lit. 'Seven sages' IAST: Saptarṣi) are the seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature such as the Skanda Purana. [1]
'city of the immortals' IAST: Amarāvatī) [1] is the capital city of Svarga, the realm of Indra, the king of the devas, in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. [2] It is also called Devapura , ‘city of the devas’ and Pūṣābhāsā , ‘sun-splendour’ in the Puranas .
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').
In Hinduism, Itihasa-Purana, also called the fifth Veda, [1] [2] [3] refers to the traditional accounts of cosmogeny, myths, royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty and solar dynasty, and legendary past events, [web 1] as narrated in the Itihasa (Mahabharata and the Ramayana) [1] and the Puranas. [1]
Ashwatthama, the son of Drona, is the avatar of one of the eleven Rudras, along with being one of the eight Chiranjivi (the immortals). Drona performed many years of severe penances to please Lord Shiva in order to obtain a son who possessed the same valiance as the latter.