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Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat (English: The Great Emperor Ashoka) is a 2015 Indian historical drama TV series [2] that aired on Colors TV from 2 February 2015 to 7 October 2016. [3] The show was created and written by author and screenwriter Ashok Banker. [4] [5] It stars Mohit Raina as Ashoka [6] [7] with Siddharth Nigam portraying the young ...
Norse equivalent. Njörðr. Varuna ( / ˈvɜːrʊnə, ˈvɑːrə -/; [5] Sanskrit: वरुण, IAST: Varuṇa) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, [6] oceans, and water. In the Vedic scriptures, he is paired with the god Mitra and is the lord of Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth). [7] [8] Varuna is also mentioned as an Aditya, the sons of ...
Origins. Dharmaraj has been linked with many gods such as Sun-god Surya, Varuna, Vishnu, Yama, Shiva and even with Buddhism.Fundamentally, it all started with the magical beliefs related to harvesting in the primitive days and thereafter layers of Aryan Hindu and Buddhist beliefs transformed it in many ways at different places and has now become too complex to trace its roots properly.
The Shatapatha Brahmana (Verse 3.5.4.) calls him the first anointed king and Vayu Purana calls him Adiraja ("first king"). The epic Mahabharata states that Vishnu crowned Prithu as the sovereign and entered the latter's body so that everyone bows to the king as to the god Vishnu. Now, the king was "endowed with Vishnu's greatness on earth".
On advice of the sage Narada, he prayed to the deity Varuna for a son. Varuna granted the boon, in exchange for an assurance that Harishchandra would make a sacrifice to Varuna in the future. As a result of this boon, a son named Rohita (or Rohitashva) was born to the king. After his birth, Varuna came to Harishchandra and demanded that the ...
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Ashoka's Hell. Ashoka's Hell was, according to legend, an elaborate torture chamber disguised as a beautiful palace full of amenities such as exclusive baths and decorated with flowers, fruit trees and ornaments. It was built by Emperor Ashoka (304–232 BCE) in Pataliputra (modern-day Patna, India), the capital city of the Maurya Empire.
v. t. e. Varaha ( Sanskrit: वराह, lit. 'Boar', IAST: Varāha) is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of an Indian boar. Varaha is listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu. Varaha is associated with the legend of lifting the earth (as the goddess Bhumi) out of the cosmic ocean.