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The Bharatas were an early Vedic tribe that existed in the latter half of the second millennium B.C.E. [1] [2] [3] The earliest mentioned location of the Bharatas was on the Sarasvatī River.
Devatas often occur in many Buddhist Jatakas, Hindu epics such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata and in many other Buddhist holy scriptures. The island of Bali is nicknamed Pulau Dewata ( Indonesian : "islands of devata or island of gods") because of its vivid Hindu culture and traditions.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The following is a list of the avataras of the epic Mahabharata, and their original devatas (deities) and ...
According to Andrew Skilton, modern scholarship generally agrees that the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya is the oldest extant Buddhist Vinaya. [2]According to Reginald Ray, the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya mentions the figure of Devadatta, but in a way that is different from the vinayas of the Sthaviravāda branch.
Krishna, a central character in the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita, the slayer of Kamsa; Buddha, the deluder of the asuras; Kalki, the vanquisher of adharma, expected to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga
According to the Mahabharata, Kalayavana, a great yavana warrior king, was undefeated and unmatched in battle due to a boon. Allied with Jarasandha, he set out to invade Krishna's kingdom, Mathura. When the two armies faced each other in battle, Krishna dismounted from his chariot and retreated, followed by Kalayavana.
In later Hinduism, the visvedevas form one of the nine ganadevatas (along with the adityas, vasus, tushitas, abhasvaras, anilas, maharajikas, sadhyas, and rudras). ...
Adi Parva and other books of Mahabharata are written in Sanskrit.Several translations of the Adi Parva are available in English. To translations whose copyrights have expired and which are in public domain, include those by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and Manmatha Nath Dutt.