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Mastani was born to Chhatrasal, and his concubine Ruhani Begum. [8] [9] Her father was the founder of the Panna State.[10]She and her father were followers of the Pranami Sampradaya, a Hindu sect based on the Bhakti worship of Sri Krishna, but as her mother was Shia, she was also a follower of Shia Islam.
Ahalya's seduction by Indra and its repercussions form the central narrative of her story in all scriptural sources for her legend. [1] Although the Brahmanas (9th to 6th centuries BCE) are the earliest scriptures to hint at her relationship with Indra, the 5th- to 4th-century BCE Hindu epic Ramayana – whose protagonist is Rama – is the ...
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Yaśodharā or Yashodhara (Pali: Yasodharā, Sanskrit: यशोधरा, romanized: Yaśodharā, originally known as Bhaddakaccānā or Bhadrakātyāyani was the wife of Prince Siddhartha (until he left his home to become a śramaṇa), the mother of Rāhula, and the niece of Mahaprajapati Gautami [2] [3] [4] She later became a Bhikkhunī and is considered an arahatā.
The story of Layla and Majnun was known in Persia as early as the 9th century. Two well known Persian poets, Rudaki and Baba Taher, both mention the lovers. [18] [19] Although the story was known in Arabic literature in the 5th century, [20] it was the Persian masterpiece of Nizami Ganjavi that
In this March 2011 photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell (right) and his wife, Alma Powell (left) arrive at the 42nd NAACP Image Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
Aleida Guevara March [a] (born 24 November 1960) is a Cuban physician who is the eldest of four children born to Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his second wife, Aleida March. She is a doctor based at the William Soler Children's Hospital in Havana. She has also worked as a physician in Angola, Ecuador, and Nicaragua.
Ryan Reynolds had a bone to pick with wife Blake Lively’s It Ends With Us costar and onscreen love interest, Brandon Sklenar. During a press day for the upcoming film, Reynolds, 47, surprised ...