Indra

Did I do a mistake by hurting Apala reminding her of the dark past?” Apala smiled in the veil of darkness. She said in an easy tone,” Ahalya! Why are you feeling bad about it? Before you, I have heard it thousand times. Every time a new version of Indra-Apala story originates with a strange twist. Hence, whatever you heard was not new.” I had the courage to ask her, “Apala Devi! I am like your own

I was thinking, “Am I an obstacle on the path of my husband's achievement. He wanted to use me as the stepping stone for his success. He disregarded my love, affection and romantic overture because I am a woman.” “Is my self-conceit greater than the calamity of the earth? Is it not better to let me sacrifice my narrow and selfish notion for the betterment of the mass? I can become the life-giving rain water sacrificing my body, mind and soul life after life for them. Among those hungry folks are

Devayani - A divine demonic love story Devayani is the only daughter of the Asura Guru Shukracharya and her father dotes on the motherless child. A spirited and sprightly girl, Devayani thinks that she is the most beautiful girl in the Asura kingdom. At eighteen, she is not short of suitors in her country. Asura civilization is at its peak and her father, Guru Shukracharya is the most important man in her country. He has discovered the secret to immortality with his tapasya and King Vruvpaksha

the traditional stories about Soma concerns Indra, the “Aryan war god and military hero...who ravaged citadels, smashed dams, and destroyed forts...” (Bentley and Ziegler 94). One significant feat, however, deals with Indra's defeat of a dragon who “lived in the sky and hoarded water in the clouds” (Bentley and Ziegler 87). Prior to the defeat, Indra satisfies his thirst by ingesting copious amounts of Soma. According to the story, after doing this, Indra goes into battle with the dragon and defeats

The sub-plot of ‘Hayavdana; the horse-man deepens the significance of the main theme of incompleteness by treating it on a different plane. The horse-man-s search for completeness ends comically, with his becoming a complete horse. The animal body triumphs over what is considered the best in man, the Uttamanga, the human head! After Hayavadana he produced five more plays Angumalige (1977), Hittina Hunja (1980), Naga Mandala (1988), Tale- Danda (1990) and Agni Mattu male (1995). Out of the eight

They believed that Indra sent the rains, which made their crops, grow. But Krishna came along and persuaded the people to worship the mountain Govardhan, because the mountain and the land around it were fertile. This did not please Indra. He sent thunder and torrential rain down on the village. The people cried to Krishna to help. Krishna saved the villagers by lifting the top

Indra was a god in the Vedas as a strong warrior/thunder god who was important at the time. He was an example of how leaders should lead their people to win successful battles (Davis 8-9). Because he was in the Vedas he was probably at least somewhat important before they were created. The Vedas contain different religious traditions, beliefs, and ceremonies, and of the people passed down verbally, the chants or rituals (traditionally) performed by the Brahmin caste. Originally they were separate

If she felt any misgiving, my presence would prevent it from being too late, even at the supposed last moment… But her look of reply was quite sufficient; she had not come without counting the cost. Her belief in the Pythagorean doctrine of transmigration was firm and fixed; and she looked forward, without a doubt, to secure for herself and her husband, by this sacrifice, a new life of happier existence, and more refined enjoyments than the sordid realities which the world now offered… This quote

person. As previously mentioned, employing skillful means has been around since before Mahayana texts – look at the Jataka tale of King Shibi, for instance. Deities Vishva-karman and Indra were determined to test the future Buddha’s spiritual integrity by staging a bird chase before his eyes, seeing if he would allow Indra (a hawk) to kill Vishva-karman (a pigeon). In response to the frenzy, the king suggested, “I will cut a piece of my own flesh / And give it to the hawk. / Even if it becomes my duty

To experience a new religion is to open one's mind to an entirely new world. For my World Religions course, I was asked to visit a place of worship for a religion other than what I was most used to. Upon considering being raised as a Pentacostal Christian, the first idea that came to me after hearing this was for Billy and I to go with our friend Arjun's family to a Hindu temple—since Arjun had moved away recently to go to college however, he was unable to attend. On Sunday, February 21, Billy