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Bhishma (Sanskrit: भीष्म, romanized: bhīṣma), also known as Pitamaha, Gangaputra, and Devavrata, is a central figure in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.He was a prince, statesman, and military commander of the ancient Kuru Kingdom.
Vasant Shinde - Kolkata 2024-05-18. Vasant Shinde is an Indian archaeologist, who has done excavations at Rakhigarhi from 2011 to 2016. [web 1] He was the first author on the long-awaited 2019 paper "An Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers," [1] on DNA-research on a single skeleton from Rakhigarhi which shows that the people of the Indus Valley ...
The game of seven stones, which is one of the 75 games featured by Bharatiya Khel. Bharatiya Khel (Hindi: भारतीय खेल, transl. Indian Games) is an initiative of the Indian government under the National Education Policy (NEP) and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) policies to introduce 75 traditional Indian games into schools across the country.
Mundelein College (1930–1991, Chicago) merged with Loyola University of Chicago [6] Old University of Chicago (1856–1886, Chicago) Robert Morris University Illinois (1913–2020, Chicago), merged into Roosevelt University in 2020
Bhima (Sanskrit: भीम, IAST: Bhīma), also known as Bhimasena (Sanskrit: भीमसेन, IAST: Bhīmasena), is a hero and one of the most prominent figures in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, renowned for his incredible strength, fierce loyalty, and key role in the epic's narrative.
Bhishma-svargarohana Parva (Chapters: 153–168) The Parva starts with a visit to Bhishma, who is dying. He is surrounded by sages and rishis including Vashishta, Maitreya, Sanatkumara, Valmiki, Kapila, Vyasadeva and Narada. As with Shanti Parva, Yudhishthira asks for counsel and Bhishma replies. It includes duties of the king, officials of a ...
Vasishtha is known as the priest and preceptor, teacher of the Ikshvaku kings clan. He was also the preceptor of Manu, the progenitor of Kshatriyas and Ikshvaku's father. Other characters like Nahusha, Rantideva, lord Rama and Bhishma were his disciples.
8-9 — Duryodhana's teacher and Bhishma, further praises the Pandava army's arrangement. He compares their formation to a powerful vyuha (military formation). 10-18 — Various warriors from both sides blow their conch shells, creating a tumultuous noise that reverberates across the battlefield. Arjuna's conch blowing is particularly resonant ...