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Satrajit (Sanskrit: सत्राजित, romanized: Satrājita), also rendered Satrajita, is a Yadava king in Hinduism. [2] He had ten wives and three daughters named Satyabhama, Bratini, and Prasvapini who were all married to Krishna. [3] He is described to be a great devotee of Surya, the sun god.
Satyabhama was the daughter of Yadava King Satrajita, the royal treasurer of Dvaraka, who was the owner of the Syamantaka jewel. Satrajit, who secured the jewel from the sun-god Surya and would not part with it even when Krishna, the king of Dvaraka, asked for it saying it would be safe with him. Shortly thereafter, Prasena, the brother of ...
Seeing the god in an indistinct and fiery shape, Satrajita asked him to appear in a less blinding form, so that he could see him clearly. For this, the sun god took the Syamantaka jewel off his neck, and Satrajita saw him possessing a dwarfish stature, with a body like burnished copper, and with slightly reddish eyes.
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it ...
Satyajit Ray's ancestry can be traced back for at least ten generations. [14] His family had acquired the name "Ray".Although they were Bengali Kayasthas, the Rays were "Vaishnavas" (worshippers of Vishnu), [14] as opposed to the majority of Bengali Kayasthas, who were "Shaktos" (worshippers of the Shakti or Shiva).
Satyavati (Sanskrit: सत्यवती, IAST: Satyavatī; also spelled Satyawati) was the queen of the Kuru Kingdom.Satyavati is married to king Shantanu of Hastinapura, and is a great-grandmother of the Pandava and Kaurava princes (The principal characters of the Hindu epic Mahabharata).
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.
Pandurang Shastri Athavale (19 October 1920 – 25 October 2003), also known as Dada /Dadaji ("elder brother"), was an Indian activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary, [2] and religion reformist, who founded the Swadhyaya Parivar (Swadhyaya family) in 1954. [3]