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He had two sons named Priyavrata and Uttanapada, and three daughters named Akuti, Devahuti, and Prasuti. [12] Manu married his first daughter Akuti to Rishi Ruci, his middle daughter Devahuti to Prajapati Kardama and his youngest daughter Prasuti to Prajapati Daksha.
Vedic Sanskrit is the name given by modern scholarship to the oldest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language.Sanskrit is the language that is found in the four Vedas, in particular, the Rigveda, the oldest of them, dated to have been composed roughly over the period from 1500 to 1000 BCE.
Shatarupa (Sanskrit: शतरूपा, romanized: Śatarūpā, lit. 'she of a hundred forms') is the daughter of the creator deity, Brahma. [1] According to Brahma Purana, Shatarupa is regarded as the first woman to be created by Brahma, marrying Manu, the first man.
The Chandogya Upanishad, Chapter seven, is about Sanatkumara's Instructions on Bhuma-Vidya to celestial sage Narada, [12] [13] Sanatkumara finds mention across Mahabharata, as a great sage, who dispels doubts [14] [15] and the preceptor in all matters affecting Yoga [16]
Prashna (प्रश्न) literally means, in modern usage, "question, query, inquiry". [6] In ancient and medieval era Indian texts, the word had two additional context-dependent meanings: "task, lesson" and "short section or paragraph", with former common in Vedic recitations. [6]
Achintya-Bheda-Abheda (अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद, acintyabhedābheda in IAST) is a school of Vedanta representing the philosophy of inconceivable ...
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.
The remainder of the chapter concerns the merits of the Vamana Tirtha (holy site) related to this legend. Other details include: The city of Bali in Patala (i.e. the netherworld) is called Bhogavati (Part 3: Purvardha: 11.14) The 12-month Jyesthapancaka Vrata to Vishnu is described in detail, including mention of Vamana (Part 5: 44.12)