A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Sudarsana
This page describes Sudarsana which is located on page 342 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Sudarsana” according to 62 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
Story of Sudarshana. The son born to god Fire by his wife Sudarshana. (Sudarshana was the daughter of Duryodhana (Nila) of the dynasty of Ikshvaku. For the story of her marriage see under Sudarshana). Sudarshana, the son of Fire, married Oghavati the daughter of Oghavan. That story is given below:—Oghavan had two children a daughter named Oghavati and a son named Ogharatha. Oghavan gave his daughter in marriage to Sudarshana who was wise and learned. The couple lived in Kurukshetra....
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Atithi or Guest Reception (study) [by Sarika. P.]
Sudarshana the son of Agnideva and Sudarshana (Duryodhana s daughter) take a vow to win over death through garhasthya. Hence Sudarshana gave a standing instruction to his wife Oghavati to treat their atithis with all the comforts they wanted. She should be even ready to give herself if it is warranted. It s the most important duty of a householder to serve his atithi....
Read full contents: Part 2 - Treatment of Atithi (guest-reception) in Mahabharata
Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
Sudarsana endeavoured to pierce that foremost one of the Satwata s in that battle with hundreds of keen shafts before they could reach him. Similarly, Sudarsana, stationed on his foremost of cars, cut off, by means of his own excellent shafts in two or three fragments all the shafts that Satyaki, resembling Indra himself, sped at him....
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