Tag: Devas

Samudra manthan (Sanskrit: समुद्रमन्थन, lit. churning of the ocean)

The Underlying symbolism of the Samudra Manthan

Samudra manthan or Ksheera Sagara Mathanam, Churning of the Ocean of Milk is one of the most famous episodes in Hindu mythology. The story appears in the Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana, and explains the origin of...

/ 2017-05-21
Deva vs Asura (Hindu Gods vs yazats of Persia)

Indian Origins of Zoroastrians or Parsees

Indians (Indus valley residents) and Iranians (Mesopotamians) shared a common religious past, which led historians to sometimes even term the common ancestral religion as Proto-Indo-Iranian religion. Have we ever understood the implications of this common religious past of the two...

/ 2015-02-16