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As Rama increases the ferocity of his weapons, Varuna arises out of the oceans. He bows to Rama, stating that he himself did not know how to help Rama because the sea is deep, vast and he cannot change the nature of sea. Varuna asked Rama to remember that he is "the soul of peace and love, wrath does not suit him".
He then offered the work to Satavahana, king of Pratishthana, who rejected it with abhorrence, on which the author kindled a fire in the forest, and reading it aloud, to the great edification of spirits and goblins, and birds and beasts, he burned it leaf by leaf as he finished the perusal. The news of this proceeding at last reached the king ...
The Kshira Sagara is the site of the legend of the Samudra Manthana, the churning of the cosmic ocean. At the suggestion of Vishnu, the devas and asuras churned the primeval ocean in order to obtain amrita, the elixir of immortality. To churn the ocean, they used the serpent-king, Vasuki as the churning rope.
It is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so miserable and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. [2] Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for problems existing in society at the time of its publication, especially in the Indian subcontinent. It presents these problems from the perspective of the young protagonist, Haroun ...
The Dharma Sutra of Baudhayana (II.1.2.2) lists sea voyages as first of the offences that cause the loss of varna. [3] The Dharma Sutra suggests a person can wipe away this offence in three years by eating little at every fourth meal time; bathing at dawn, noon and dusk; standing during the day; and seated during the night.
In Sri Lanka, she is considered to be the sea goddess. In the Tamil epic poem, the Manimekalai , she puts the eponymous heroine to sleep and takes her to the island Maṇipallavam ( Nainatheevu ). In the mythic cycle of the god Devol, when the latter approaches Sri Lanka and his ship founders, it is Manimekhalai, on the instructions of the god ...
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Invention for Destruction (1958) The Atomic Submarine (1959) On the Beach (1959) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) Atragon (1963) City Under the Sea (1965) Around the World Under the Sea (1966) Destination Inner Space (1966) Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969 ...