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According to Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902), sva-dharma in the Gita does not mean "caste duty", rather it means the duty that comes with one's life situation (mother, father, husband, wife) or profession (soldier, judge, teacher, doctor). For Vivekananda, the Gita was an egalitarian scripture that rejected caste and other hierarchies because ...
The modern laws have proved difficult to implement; as of 2020, at least 250 sati temples existed in India in which prayer ceremonies, or pujas, were performed to glorify the avatar of a mother goddess who immolated herself after hearing her father insult her husband; prayers were also performed to the practice of a wife immolating herself ...
Nahusha was made the ruler of Svarga during Indra's absence, during his war against Vritra.He soon became arrogant and wished to make Shachi, the wife of Indra, his wife.. He made the Saptarishi (Seven Vedic sages) convey his palanquin towards the mansion of Indra's wife with the intent of seducing her, asking them to hasten, telling them, 'sarpa', 'sarpa', (move on, move o
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Maricha was the son of the demon Sunda (son of Jamba or Jharjha) and a Yakshini named Tataka, also known as Taraka, Tadaka or Thataka.Tataka was the daughter of the yaksha king Suketu, who had gained her as a blessing from the god Brahma.
“I don’t have a pulse, and she’s cold,” he told the 911 operator, according to audio of the call. Paramedics arrived minutes later, and Susann was pronounced dead at 6:35 a.m., her death ...
Robert Bierenbaum, who is serving a sentence of 20 years to life in prison, revealed the details of the 1985 murder during a December 2020 parole hearing whose transcript was recently obtained by ...
She focuses her research on early Indian rituals, narrative and mythology, literary theory in religious studies, and Hinduism in modern India.She has published on the interpretation of early Indian ritual and narrative, comparative mythology, literary theory in the study of religion, women and Hinduism in contemporary India, and religion and conflict.