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The Yaksha Prashna (IAST: yakṣa praśna), also known as the Dharma Baka Upakhyana (the Legend of the Virtuous Crane) or the Akshardhama, is the story of a question-and-answer dialogue between Yudhishthira and a yaksha in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
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Devkhal Jheel (Maithili: देवखाल झील) is an ancient lake believed to be the location where the dialogues between Yaksha and Yudhishthira took place in the epic Mahabharata. [1] It is also known as Devkhal Chaur. [2] [3] [4]
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In the Yaksha Prashna, Dharmadeva (Yama) appears as a yaksha (nature spirit) in the form of a crane to question Yudhishthira and test his righteousness. Impressed by Yudhishthira's strict adherence to dharma and his answers to the riddles posed, Yama reveals himself as his father, blesses him, and brings his younger Pandava brothers back to life.
After the Yaksha was satisfied with the answers, he offered Yudhishthira the choice to bring back one of his brother, and Yudhishthira chose Nakula. When the Yaksha questioned him on his reasoning, Yudhishthira replied that he is still alive as Kunti's lineage, but there are no one alive as Madri's lineage, so he chose Nakula. The Yaksha was ...
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III.311-12 contains Yaksha Prashna, a series of riddles posed by a nature-spirit to Yudhishthira. [10] III.134 contains the story of Ashtavakra, who answers the riddles posed King Janaka and then defeats one Bandin in a further wisdom-contest. [11] Goldberg 1993, 20–22. Arabic: 10th century CE The marriage of Imrou-l-Qais. Imrou-l-Qais will ...