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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.
The Kumaras are four sages from the Puranic texts of Hinduism who roam the universe as children, [1] [2] generally named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana, and Sanatkumara. [3] They are described as the first mind-born creations and sons of the creator-god Brahma.
The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana (Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa) or simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's eighteen major Puranas (Mahapuranas) and one of the most popular in Vaishnavism.
The concept of Ashtamurti is seen in the Kaushitaki Brahmana of the Rigveda (6.1): [7] [8]. yad bhava āpas tena। yat śarvo agnis tena। yat paśu patir vāyus tena। yad ugro deva oṣadhayo vanaspatayas tena। yan mahān deva ādityas tena। yad rudraś candramās tena। yad īśāno annam tena। yad aśanir indras tena।
[12] Prabhupada invited Harrison to supply the foreword, which begins: "Everybody is looking for Krishna. Some don't realize that they are, but they are." [17] According to Greene, since 1970, KRSNA Book has been translated into twenty languages and has sold over 5 million copies. [18]
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 Mysterious Pastimes of Mohini-murti is covered in two chapters of Bhaktivedanta Swami's translation and commentary on the Eight Canto of the Bhagavata Purana, Chapter 9, The Lord Incarnates as Mohini-murti [6] and Chapter 12, The Mohini-murti Incarnation Bewilders Lord Shiva. [7]
Chapter 41 adds that he has eight arms that wield various "Dharma weapons" (dharmāyudha) with which he subjugates the asuras. He appears as an interlocutor in several Mahayana sutras , including the Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra , Sarvapuṇyasamuccayasamādhi Sūtra and the Nārāyaṇaparipṛcchā Dhāraṇī .