Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Sakti in the Mahabharata
This page describes Sakti in the Mahabharata from pages 20-24 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (तारा, tārā) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Sakti in the Mahabharata” according to 200 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: तताड गदया तं वै गदाधारी गदाग्रजः द्विधाभूता महा-शक्ती रुक्मेः सूतं जघान ह tatada gadaya tam vai gadadhari gadagrajah dvidhabhuta maha-shakti rukmeh sutam jaghana ha tatada—struck; gadaya—with His club; tam—that; vai—indeed; gadadhari—holding a club; gadagrajah—the elder brother of Gada; dvidhabhuta—cut in two; maha-shaktithe two sakti weapons; rukmeh—of Rukmi; sutam—the charioteer; jaghana—hit; ha—indeed....
Read full contents: Verse 6.7.18
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
It is stated in Mahabharata, Vana Parva, Chapters 109 and 141 that the abodes of Shiva and Kubera are on the mount Kailasa. Once, to please Shiva, Mahavishnu performed penance on Kailasa. (Mahabharata Adi Parva, Chapter 222, Stanzas 33 to 40). It is mentioned in Maha Bharata, Sabha Parva, Chapter 3 that the mountain Mainaka stands to the north of Kailasa. Once Vyasa went to Kailasa. (Mahabharata Sabha Parva, Chapter 43, Stanza 17)....
Read full contents: Story of Kailasa
Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary) [by Roma Bose]
Shrinivasa s commentary (Vedanta-kaustubha) In the Maha-bharata and the rest it is mentioned that the bodies of even pious workers, like Dhrishtadyumna and so on, originated independently of the fifth oblation....
Read full contents: Brahma-Sutra 3.1.19 (correct conclusion, continued)
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