Download or read book Epic Characters of Puranas written by T. N. Padmavati, Dr. A. S. Venugopal, Sri Hari, Prof. T. N. Prabhakar, T. N. Saraswati, T. R. Krishnamurthy and Vidwan M. N. Lakshminarasimha Bhatta and published by Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. This book was released on 2019-03-23 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puranas are simple stories through which the meaning and principles of the Vedas emerge in a clear and uncomplicated style. They are meant to reach out to the masses because the fountain of knowledge contained in the Vedas must be made available to one and all. Through the ten characters that feature in this series, one gets acquainted with the original creation and the evolution of our culture. What emerges is the thinking of the days of yore but which is relevant for all times, present and future. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

Download or read book Prahlada written by Dr. A. S. Venugopal and published by Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prahlada, son of the demon Hiranyakashipu who was the Lord’s worst enemy, was one of the greatest devotees of Lord Narayana. Wanting to avenge the death of his brother, Hiranyaksha, the demon king performed such severe tapas that even Brahma melted and granted him a boon rendering him all powerful and ruling supreme over the three worlds. The demon king was so arrogant that he had forbidden everyone from even uttering Lord Vishnu’s name. It was an irony that his own son, Prahlada, constantly prayed to the Lord and sang his praises.. His teachers Skanda and Amaraka, who were Shukracharya’s sons, were surprised at the boy’s unshakeable devotion. The king got to know of it and asked one of his servants to take the boy to the forest and kill him. He got him tortured, tied him with the varunapasha and threw him into prison. Gradually, the father was forced to accept defeat. The father and son entered into a duel as a challenge during which Lord Vishnu emerged out of a pillar in Narasimha avatara and killed the king. Vishnu’s anger and fury came down only after he saw his devotee, Prahlada’s loving countenance. Prahlada begged Him to release his father from all his sins and the Lord readily granted his devotee’s wish. In fact, he went further and sent the demon king to heaven. Lord Vishnu blessed Prahlada and said that he would be the emperor of the vast world and be his devotee forever. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

Download or read book Parvathi written by T. N. Saraswati and published by Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matha Parvathi, the mother of the entire world, is delineated in this book in her three forms- as Sati, Parvathi and Kathyayani. Sati was Dakshabrahma and Prasuti’s daughter. Her consort, Shiva, didn’t get up to pay respects to her father due to which he was cursed. Getting to know that her father was performing a yagna for which all her sisters were invited, Sati sought Shiva’s permission to attend the yajna. As Shiva refused to accompany her, she went alone and as expected, her father insulted her husband. Unable to bear it, Sati entered the sacrificial fire. Shiva lost no time in sending Veerabhadra who not only spoilt the yagna but killed Daksha as well. Later, upon Brahma’s request, he brought back Daksha to life who completed the yagna and offered havis to Shiva. Shiva retreated to the Himalayas as he had lost Sati and engaged himself in severe penance. Parvathi was born to Meena devi and Himavantha. She served Shiva with all devotion so that he would marry her. When he declined, Manmatha was sent to make him fall in love. Shiva was so enraged that his penance had been disturbed that he burnt Manmatha to ashes. In spite of the devas begging him to marry Parvathi, Shiva didn’t relent. So she gave up all her royal finery and continued to serve him through severe tapas. She recognized Shiva when he came to her disguised as a Brahmin after which they got married. A divine child, Kumaraswamy, was born to them in course of time. Devendra vested Kumaraswamy with the responsibility of getting the world rid of Tarakasura. Kathyayini was born of a divine light due to the yogic power of Sage Kathyayana. The purpose of her birth was to destroy the rakshasas as Mahishasura had wrested power over heaven from the devas. She laid a condition to Mahishasura when he desired to marry her – that he must defeat her in battle. A terrible battle ensued in which Kathyayini crushed the marauding Mahishasura with her tender feet. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

Download or read book Bali written by T. N. Padmavati and published by Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bali, the king of Asuras, was Bhakta Prahlada’s grandson and Virochana’s son. Devendra took away all his wealth and killed him but Shukracharya brought him back to life with the help of Sanjeevani Vidya. Thus, Bali became Sukracharya’s disciple and offered all his wealth to his preceptor. Bali wanted to make heaven a part of his kingdom and hence, performed a yaga and entered Amaravathi, Devendra’s capital. All the devas left swargaloka on the advice of Brihaspathi as none could face the valour of Bali. Bali now ruled over his vast kingdom of the three worlds. The devas approached Lord Vishnu, who was born as Vamana, and asked him to bring round Bali and return to them all that they had lost. Vamana came to Bali as a young brahmin and impressed the king with his knowledge so much that Bali offered him all that he had. Vamana, who had gone there with a purpose, declined the offer saying that he was interested in establishing a yagashala in memory of his preceptor for which he needed land measuring just three footsteps. Sukracharya warned the king not to give the young Brahmin anything as he was none other than Lord Vishnu in disguise. Instead of taking his preceptor’s advice, Bali spoke at length about how he had taken yagnadeeksha which meant that he couldn’t refuse anything to someone who had asked for something. Thus Vamana took his famous three steps and in an instant, deprived Bali of all that he had. Bali’s followers were so enraged that they waged a bloody battle in which thousands were killed. Bali, on the other hand, advised them to stop fighting and become good. Only then could they hope to get back all that they had lost. The Lord was impressed and made Bali the king of the nether world. Bali thus stood tall by not buckling down to any pressure, be it giving up truth, listening to others’ advice or even to his preceptor’s curse or advice. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

Download or read book Dhruva written by Dr. A. S. Venugopal and published by Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dhruva, a bright star right in the middle of a large constellation (Dhruva mandala), was a great devotee of Lord Narayana at the tender age of five. Son of King Uttanapada and Queen Suneethi, he left home and went to the forest in search of the Lord after his step-mother forbade him from sitting on his father’s lap and told him to make himself worthy of his father’s love. Narada met him on the way and tried to persuade the child to return home but Dhruva was bent upon achieving what his father and grandfather had not. He performed very severe penance and meditated on the Dwadashakshara manthra into which Narada had initiated him. The young devotee not only got the Lord’s darshan but also experienced His presence within himself. After this, the Lord granted him immortal status but not until he had performed his duties to his kingdom and his people. Dhruva went on to becoming the emperor after his father became too old for state duties. He avenged the death of his brother at the hands of a Yaksha by killing thousands of yakshas. Only his grandfather, Swayambhu Manu, was able to convince him to stop the bloodshed. This pleased Kubera as Dhruva had renounced anger and hatred. By and by,Dhruva handed over the reins of his kingdom to his son and sat in deep meditation of Lord SriHari. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

Download or read book Harischandra written by Prof. T. N. Prabhakar and published by Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. This book was released on 2019-03-02 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popularly known as Satya Harishchandra, he is truth and honesty incarnate. This is the story of Harishchandra as found in the Markandeya Purana. He belonged to the Ikshawaku clan, the same clan as Sri Rama’s. He was righteous, truthful and a model to others. On a hunting expedition, he once got possessed by Vigneshwara and spoke so harshly that Sage Vishwamitra’s concentration was disturbed. As dakshina, he agreed to give away all that he possessed except his own dharmas, his wife and son. Unable to pay the sage the dakshina for conducting the Rajasuya yajna, he sold his son and wife to a Brahmin who used them as his slaves. Later, out of desperation, he himself became a chandala’s slave. Gradually, he became a chandala himself and worked in a crematorium, grabbing the shrouds from dead bodies and eating whatever was available to him. A year passed this way with him experiencing untold suffering. He couldn’t recognize his wife who had brought their son for cremation as he had been bitten by a snake and was dead. His sorrow knew no bounds when he realized that it was his son who was no more. After lighting his son’s pyre, he sat in meditation of Lord SriKrishna. Yama appeared before him and said that the Lord had staged all this drama to prove to the world what an exemplary king Harishchandra was. The Gods approached the burning pyre and rained nectar on it. Out came Rohitashwa. With Devendra’s blessings, Harishchandra went to Ayodhya where he received sage Vishwamithra’s blessings as well. He requested Devendra to bless all his subjects as he wanted to share it with them. He was truly a model king, one who went to the extent of taking his subjects to heaven, something no king had ever done! Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

Download or read book The Great Epic of India written by Edward Washburn Hopkins and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long age when this book first appeared in the opening year of the century the great Epic, Mahabharata had not been thoroughly examined to see what literature it reflected had not received a careful investigation from the metrical side its philosophy had been reviewed only in a most haphazard fashion and its relation to other epic poetry had been almost judgement on the question of the date and origin of the poem of which scholars knew as yet this poem of which scholars knew as yet scarcely more than that before a definitive answer could be given the whole huge structure must be studied from many points of view.

Download or read book Sri Subodhini written by Vallabhācārya and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Epic and Puranic Bibliography up to 1985 Annotated and with Indexes written by Heinrich von Stietencron and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Pur as written by Ludo Rocher and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1986 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Epic Characters of Vedas Upanishads written by L. Subramanya, Dr. A. S. Venugopal Rao, ‘Kaipu’ Lakshminarasimha Shastry, M.A., LLB.,, Vid. M.N. Lakshminarasimha Bhatta, Sri Hari and Prof. T. N. Prabhakar and published by Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. This book was released on 2019-03-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vedas and Upanishads are part of the Indian literary and cultural heritage. This series of books is a revelation of how one must lead life and what skills are to be acquired in order to live meaningfully with courage and fortitude. The stories that you would be reading are those of well known great sages, of our protectors such as Indra, Agni and Varuna as well as of lesser known personalities such as Naabhaaga and Satyakama Jaabaala. All these as well the story of Nachiketa’s perseverance are truly inspirational. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

Download or read book Magical Mythology written by Stuti Gupta and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered how baby Rama got the moon to play with? And how little Krishna defeated a big, black snake to get his ball. Hanuman and Ganesha are also up to something adventurous. Join these little heroes as they swing between being naughty, heroic, curious, creative and thoroughly entertaining. In Magical Mythology, we have put together more than twenty fascinating and unheard of stories from the rich Indian mythology. The stories will amaze you, amuse you and will leave you wanting to read more. You will also find in the book: ° Beautiful illustrations ° Colouring pages ° Word games and puzzles ° Life lessons at the end of stories ° Creative activities ° Lots of fun

Download or read book Shaivism in the Light of Epics Pur as and gamas written by Niddodi Ramachandra Bhatt and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ’aivism encompasses all aspects of religion: a philosophy, atheology, a conception of the universe, a current of devotion, a worldof myths, elaborate rituals in temples, expressions in plastic arts, inpoetry, music, dance. The sources to understand this subject are theSanskrit texts of Epics, PurÈ!as andAgamas. The present book givesa clear presentation of ’aivism through a survey and an erudite readingof this vast literature. The Agamas are the key to the knowledge oftemple organization and rituals, the description of which is a uniqueand original contribution of this work. This very readable and reliablework contains an amazing quantity of information, carefully referencedat every step, and is likely to be of the greatest utility toresearchers in history of religion, medieval to modern, as well as tothe general reader interested in ’aivism.Pandit N. Ramachandra Bhatt has devoted his whole life toresearch and bring to light ’aivÈgama literature.

Download or read book The Paur ic Lore of Holy Water places written by Savitri V. Kumar and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: The present work is based on an extensive and critical study of the legends connected with Holy water-places. Mythological, historical, geographical and scientific study of the legends is interesting and thought provoking. The Skanda Purana (1000 AD to 700 BC) has been made the basis of this study as amongst all, this work deals with this topic most elaborately and covers almost all the tirthas referred to in various texts. Most of the legends have been studied critically and a comparative study has been done from the Vedas, Brahmanas, Upanisads, Epics and other Puranas. Various other mythologies such as Egyptian, Iranian, Greek, North American, African, Babylonian, Roman, Mexican etc. have also been compared to. The imminent purpose of the talks has been studied under various motifs. The author's psycho-scientific method of analysis and interpretation makes the work extremely fascinating and informative. The author has also drawn attention to the medical analysis of various water-tirthas. The work is a valuable addition to the Pauranic and mythological literature.

Download or read book The Indian Epics Retold written by R. K. Narayan and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2000 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Of India s Finest Novelists Retells The Two Great Indian Epics As Well As Some Well-Known Tales From Hindu Mythology And Folklore. While The Eleventh Century Tamil Poet Kamban s Version Inspires His Ramayana, Narayan S Mahabharata Is Based On Vyasa S Monumental Work. In Gods, Demons And Others, He Includes Stories From Kalidasa S Sanskrit Classic Abhijnana Shakuntalam, The Tamil Epic Silappadikaram, The Shiv Purana And The Devi Bhagwatam.

Download or read book Hindu Mythology Vedic and Pur nic Illustrated written by William Joseph Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mahabharata Unravelled written by Ami Ganatra and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-18 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this history of our ancestors continues to fascinate us. Even today, we have passionate discussions about the people and their actions in the epic, fervidly defending our favourites and denouncing others. The number of works on the Mahabharata-adaptations, retellings and fiction-that still get written is a testimony to its enduring relevance. While the general storyline is largely known, a lot of questions and myths prevail, such as-What was the geographical extent of the war? Did Drona actually refuse to take on Karna as his disciple? What were Draupadi's responsibilities as the queen of Indraprastha? Did she ever mock Duryodhana? Were the women in the time of the Mahabharata meek and submissive? What were the names of the war formations during the time? What role did the sons of the Pandavas play? Does the south of India feature at all in the Mahabharata? What happened after the war? These and many other intriguing questions continue to mystify the contemporary reader. Author Ami Ganatra debunks myths, quashes popular notions and offers insights into such aspects not commonly known or erroneously known, based solely on facts as narrated in Vyasa's Mahabharata from generally accepted authentic sources. For a history of such prominence and influence as the Mahabharata, it is important to get the story right. So pick this book up, sit back and unveil the lesser-known facts and truths about the great epic.