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One cannot avoid all the clashing (saṁghaṭṭa) that occurs in today’s world...


saṁghaṭṭa (संघट्ट) = rubbing or clashing together , friction , collision , conflict...

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From post 26 above,

Within the mahābhārata we find the viṣṇu sahasrānam ( some too say sahasrānana or ‘thousand-faced’) offered in the anushāsanaparva (anuśāsana =...

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continuing....
The significance of arjuna and kṛṣṇa-jī in the middle of the two armies. This is where the bhāgavad gītā takes place

The significance of the middle?...

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This number 18

We look to this number 18 and see it’s made of 11 + 7. Yet N.V. Thadani ( author of Mystery of the Mahābhārata, a 5 volume, set written in 1934)...

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continuing with...
The Macro-background of the mahābhārata
Let me use one verse from the bhāgavad gītā ( a 700 verse/section from the mahābhārata no doubt) to...

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... continuing

An Authoritative Voice
Within the mahābhārata we find the viṣṇu sahasrānam¹ ( some too say sahasrānana or ‘thousand-faced’).
One needs to be mindful...

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I wrote,


This śastra is considered itihāsa - iti-ha-āsa , ‘so indeed it was’ or history ( his-story). Yet one can look at this another way – and that is why I...

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I wrote some time back:

When we look to the mahābhārata one may think of this book in any of the following ways:


The great (mahā) bhārata

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regarding dice from post 19 above...

I have spent some time trying to figure out the best way to write this post regarding the the game of dice occurs within the...

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When one looks at symbols ((lakṣaṇā) we look directly and indirectly (praṇāḍikayā). That means we need to take apart words to see into them. With saṃskṛtá, sound forms...

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this is one view answering the question in post 17 above... ( others may vary).



kṛṣṇa-jī is none other than the supreme, anuttara, all-inclusive wholeness,...

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from a post above,




Within the bhāgavad gītā which is ~ 700 verses¹ out of the mahābhārata’s 100,000 verses contains 4 characters:

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The 100 insults of śiśupāla - sabhā pravan section¹ of the mahābhārata
Śiśupāla was the person that hurled insults a kṛṣṇa. After śiśupāla insults kṛṣṇa for the 100th...

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Regarding draupadī & the unending cloth which occurs in the sabhā¹ pravan section of the mahābhārata.
I was fortunate to read something as of late on this matter...

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We find within mahābhārata, draupadī,( also known as kṛṣṇā draupadī ) is ordered to be dis-robed by the mandate of duryodhana putting her to great embarrassment. She...

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namasté phani_genin, Welcome to HDF.



I am in hopes you find this string interesting . Yes, what you say about bhīṣma (other names are devavrata, gangadatta and dyu) is...

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If we stop just for a moment , let’s look who we have:
· The intellect - pure (pāṇḍ = while) discriminating intelligence. This is pāṇḍu, buddhi, the positive...

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great question. I have been working with these two names and their roots in this fashion:

na+kula ( this I cannot easily see the connection)

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We are now looking at nakula and sahadeva. They come to this earth via the asvins, they are aśvi-sutau the two sons of the aśvins, and yet the sons of pāṇḍu via...

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The pāṇḍava-s part 2


Note the order of the pāṇḍava's births (again we will leave karṇa for another post, as he was born before kuntī was with pāṇḍu).
This is...

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The pāṇḍava-s part 1

We now need to address the the 5 pāṇḍava-s ( we will leave karṇa for another post).
Pāṇḍu was a son of vyāsa-ji and ambālīka. Note too...

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Lets take a look at duryodhana as he causes much mischief for the pāṇḍava-s. We know he is king dhṛtarāṣṭra's 1st born son.
We will look at the other sons ( not all...

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Let's take a look at king dhṛtarāṣṭra (some write dhritarāshtra) . We know him to be blind and this will be a key symbol of this personality.
We also know he is...

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This post is the continuation of http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51735&postcount=36 and the idea of the following:

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The continuation of...