The Encyclopaedia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent

Of that great river of battle which the Pandavas crossed over, Bhishma and Drona were as the high banks; and Jayadratha as the water of the river; the king of Gandhara the water-lily; Salya as the shark, Kripa as the current; Karna the mighty waves; Asvatthama and Vikarna dread water-monsters; ...

Converted to Buddhism under King ... Rule of Commander Aspavarman?. Ambhi Kumar , king of Gandhara was a descendant of Lord Raghu and prince Bharat of Kosala Kingdom. ... The Gandhāri people were settled since the Vedic times on the banks of Kabul River (river Kubhā or Kabol) ...

April 16, 2015 - (Source: A Cultural Index to Vedic Literature by N N Bhattacharya with my comments) ... Gandharva desa seems to be the original name (Ramayana 7-101-11) of Gandhara which is extended from Kabul Valley to Taxila (Takshasila) and comprised the Rawalpindi and Peshawar districts in Pakistan.

Although the method of singing ... gandhara, madhyama, panchama, dhaivata, and nishaada are used in Sama in the same way as in classical music. In the Chhaandogya Upanisad which is based upon the Sama-Veda, five types of musical renderings of the Sama have been indicated, namely, Himkaara, Prastaava, Udgitha, Pratihaar and Nidhaan. It is noteworthy that Vedic literature ...

June 11, 2024 - India’s first interface with the multipolar world order was in the later Vedic age (900–600 BC). In the later Vedic age, 16 Mahajanpadas existed in India. These were territorial states from northern Afghanistan to the borders of Myanmar. They included Gandhara, Kamboj, Kuru, Panchala, Anga, ...

March 17, 2024 - Indo-Greeks (also called Yavana) ... in the Gandhara region. Their culture mingled with Persian culture, which in turn was influenced by Mesopotamian culture, and shaped much of Scythian and Parthian art. Temples of this region are full of fantastic beasts. Review of Ruby Lal’s Vagabond Princess — The Great Adventures of Gulbadan: The Mughals’ memory keeper · The Vedic corpus, composed ...

Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Valley and Swat river valley, though the cultural influence of "Greater Gandhara" extended across the Indus river to the Taxila ...

June 27, 2023 - The Establishment of States: Towards the conclusion of the Vedic period, the political structure of the Rig Vedic phase was replaced by that of territorial states, which marked the beginning of the end of the Vedic period. The establishment of powerful states that used towns as their centres ...

December 24, 2022 - 1) Gandira in India is the name of a plant defined with Amaranthus viridis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ay...

2 weeks ago - Gayatri (Sanskrit: गायत्री, IAST: Gāyatrī) is the personified form of the Gayatri Mantra, a popular hymn from Vedic texts. She is also known as Savitri, and holds the title of Vedamata ('mother of the Vedas'). Gayatri is the manifestation of Saraswati and is often associated ...

QUEEN GANDHARI. Gandhari, often referred to as the ‘model of female propriety’, also considered an incarnation of Mati, the Goddess of Intelligence, is the daughter of Subala, the king of...

VEDA - Information resource for Vedas, Vedic knowledge and philosophy, culture and related topics. Vedic Encyclopedia, Bhakti-yoga in vedas, Library.

August 16, 2024 - Every verse especially in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita, is a Vedic mantra.

Devaguru Bṛhaspati Center is committed to the highest standards of vedic astrology, and we can say with confidence that we have the finest, most rigorous courses and most erudite scholars to teach the same.

The Rigveda refers to a number of rivers located in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, from Gandhara to Kurukshetra. ... Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic ...