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English. Read; Edit; View history ... the God Ganesh has 108 names. The following is a list of the names. List of names. Sanskrit Name Name Mantra Name Meaning Name ...
In classical Sanskrit, the word ambaka denotes "an eye", and in the Mahabharata, Shiva is depicted as three-eyed, so this name is sometimes translated as "having three eyes". [203] However, in Vedic Sanskrit, the word ambā or ambikā means "mother", and this early meaning of the word is the basis for the translation "three mothers".
The name Mahesh (/mahe-sh/) is a short version of a name of Sanskrit origin, Maheswara or Umamaheswara, meaning "great ruler" (Mahaa + Ishwar). It is a popular name for Hindu boys as it is one of the names of the Hindu deity Shiva. People with the name include:
Rama releasing Ahalya from curse. Lakshmana and sage Vishvamitra are present.. Agastya: Rishi (sage). Son of sage Pulastya and brother of sage Vishrava.He was an uncle of Ravana. Agastya and his wife Lopamudra met Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their exile and gave them a divine bow and arr
In Sanskrit texts, Khandoba is known as Martanda Bhairava, a combination of Martanda (an epithet of the solar deity Surya) and Shiva's fierce form Bhairava. The name Mallari or Malhari is split as Malla and ari (enemy), thus meaning "enemy of the demon Malla".
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa. At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi.
Sahadeva (Sanskrit: सहदेव, romanized: Sahadeva, lit. 'one with the gods') was the youngest of the five Pandava brothers in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata . He and his twin brother Nakula were the sons of Madri , one of the wives of the Pandava patriarch Pandu , and Ashvini Kumaras , the divine twin physicians of the gods ...
Krishna states the thousand names of Shiva to Yudhishthira in the 17th chapter of Anushāsanaparva in the epic Mahabharata. Linga Purana (version 1, LP 1.65.54-168) is close to the Mahabharata Anushasanaparvan version. Linga Purana (version 2, LP 1.98.27-159) has some passages in common with LP version 1, but also with other sources ...