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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...

Narasimha, the second Vamana, and the third Varaha (276.10-11) Vamana should be worshipped at Kuruksetra (305.6) [Bali said to Sukra:] By giving charity...

Western India. BRILL Academic. pp. 36–41, 65–67. ISBN 90-04-06941-0. Meera Dass 2001, pp. 26, 251. Debala Mitra, ’Varāha Cave at Udayagiri – An Iconographic...

Puranic legends and avatars of Vishnu. Notably, all of them (Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, and Vamana) are listed as the first five avatars in the Dashavatara...

Markendeya Purana narrative of Varaha, Brahma - identified with Narayana - decides to take the form of the boar Varaha, similar to the forms of the fish...

largest cave is Cave 3, featuring Vishnu as Ananta seated on coiled serpent, Varaha with Bhudevi, Harihara, Narasimha in standing posture, great image of Trivikrama...

51st year of 100 (2nd half or parardha) 1st month of 12 1st kalpa (Shveta-Varaha Kalpa) of 30 7th manvantara (Vaivasvatha Manu) of 14 28th chatur-yuga (a...

legend becomes one of the basis of many cosmogonic myth called the Varaha legend, with Varaha as an avatar of Vishnu. The Three Strides of Vishnu Several hymns...

(Catuḥsana): the four sons of Brahma who exemplify the path of devotion. Varaha: The boar avatar. He rescues Bhumi, the goddess of the earth, when the asura...

(Shveta-Varaha Kalpa) is the 1st of 30 in his 1st month of his 51st year: Started in past: = elapsed 7th manvantara + 7 manvantara-sandhyas + 6 manvantaras...

ABC-CLIO. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-313-35256-0. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Michell 1988, pp. 61–65. Kramrisch 1976a, pp...

Lakulisha. The Vaishnava iconography includes avatars of Vishnu such as Varaha lifting goddess earth (Bhudevi). Excavations into the foundations of its...

Ushnih, Jagati, Trishtubha, Anushtubha and Pankti. The Brihat Samhita of Varaha Mihira (c. 505–587), a Hindu text that describes architecture, iconography...

brother-in-law. The larger temple in the same compound is the Kumbha Shyam Temple (Varaha Temple). The pinnacle of the temple is in pyramid shape. A picture of Meerabai...

Purana, Vishnu Purana, Nāradeya Purana, Garuda Purana, Vayu Purana and Varaha Purana. The Brahmanda Purana is notable for the Adhyatma-ramayana, a Rama-focussed...

"The Origins of the Druze Religion". Der Islam. 52 (1): 52–65. doi:10.1515/islm.1975.52.1.47. ISSN 1613-0928. S2CID 201807131. Zaman, Muhammad Qasim; Stewart...

Matsya Purana (as form of Devi), the Linga Purana (as form of Lakshmi), the Varaha Purana (as consort of Krishna), the Narada Purana (as goddess of love),...

of Marichi, son of Brahma, by cutting the gap in the hills at Baramulla (Varaha-mula). When Kashmir had been drained, Kashyapa asked Brahmins to settle...

be the author of many Sanskrit texts such as the Agastya Gita found in Varaha Purana, Agastya Samhita found embedded in Skanda Purana, and the Dvaidha-Nirnaya...

demon, goddesses Ganga and Yamuna, Brahma, Surya, avatars of Vishnu such as Varaha and Narasimha. The temple has friezes to tell the story of the Ramayana...