vinay

y not? if all ppl strive 2 achieve utopia at the same time, then y cant ppl b perfect together at the same time?

i hav read the manu smriti, and i found to my dismay that the code set by manu is a lot discriminating to woman redcing them to something like menial workers. The caste system mentioned in the smriti is unbelievable that it gives the feeling as though caste system had something to do with hinduism. how come an incarnaion of vishnu, give mankind, a set of codes that sets a sort of discriminative rules against the weaker sez, and the rigid caste system?

i hav read the manu smriti, and i found to my dismay that the code set by manu is a lot discriminating to woman redcing them to something like menial workers. The caste system mentioned in the smriti is unbelievable that it gives the feeling as though caste system had something to do with hinduism. how come an incarnaion of vishnu, give mankind, a set of codes that sets a sort of discriminative rules against the weaker sez, and the rigid caste system?

so was manu a god or just a human being like us?

so was manu a god or just a human being like us?

i would like to if manu smriti or the code of manu is a part of the vedas?

i would like to if manu smriti or the code of manu is a part of the vedas?

religion i guess is now not practised as it ws before. with the advent of the electronic tools, less time is being spent on rituals and prayers, or rather it s not conducted as it was supposed to be before. in this aspect what is the importance of religion in todays world? wht role did it have in the earlier time and what role does it hav 2day.

Brahma is the Lord of creation & is assisted in this process by his consort Saraswathi, who is the possessor of ultimate knowledge. Together, they thus introduce the soul into the cycle of life; Brahma was born from the navel of Lord Vishnu at the end of one cycle to begin a fresh creation. He has four heads (originally five), representing the four vedas which are said to have sprung from his heads. His four heads are also said to represent the four yugas. He is bearded & his eyes are closed in meditation. He sits on a lotus & his vahana is the swan. In his four arms he holds the vedas, the kamandalam (water pot), suruva (sacrificial spoon) & a mala. He is a serene soul and is the provider of all sources of knowledge & wisdom. There are no temples for Brahma (except the ones in Rajasthan & Orissa) as for Siva & Vishnu, for there has been no separate cult for Brahma as the Saiva or Vaishnava cult. According to mythology, he is supposed to have been cursed by Shiva (for his having uttered a lie & for his ego) that he would go without worship. Yet in all Siva & Vishnu temples, there is an image of Lord Brahma on the northern wall & he is one of the important Parivara devata (attendant deity).

Brahma is the Lord of creation & is assisted in this process by his consort Saraswathi, who is the possessor of ultimate knowledge. Together, they thus introduce the soul into the cycle of life; Brahma was born from the navel of Lord Vishnu at the end of one cycle to begin a fresh creation. He has four heads (originally five), representing the four vedas which are said to have sprung from his heads. His four heads are also said to represent the four yugas. He is bearded & his eyes are closed in meditation. He sits on a lotus & his vahana is the swan. In his four arms he holds the vedas, the kamandalam (water pot), suruva (sacrificial spoon) & a mala. He is a serene soul and is the provider of all sources of knowledge & wisdom. There are no temples for Brahma (except the ones in Rajasthan & Orissa) as for Siva & Vishnu, for there has been no separate cult for Brahma as the Saiva or Vaishnava cult. According to mythology, he is supposed to have been cursed by Shiva (for his having uttered a lie & for his ego) that he would go without worship. Yet in all Siva & Vishnu temples, there is an image of Lord Brahma on the northern wall & he is one of the important Parivara devata (attendant deity).

Why isn't Brahma worshipped, as Vishnu and Shiva are worshipped?

Why isn't Brahma worshipped, as Vishnu and Shiva are worshipped?

was the upanayana or the thread ceremony only for the brahmins. i happened to read in a website that even the kshatriyas and the vaishyas also performed this ritual. if so, why is this practice still not followed by these 2 castes?

is there any hindu scripture that says that a person can only marry once. in other words is polygamy prohibited under hinduism, and which scripture mentions it?

avinash, the error is regretted.

Idolatary is not the True worship of God "OM NA TASYA PRATIMA ASTI YASYA NAM MAHIDYASHAA HIRANYA GARB ITIYESHA MA MA HIMSE DITIYESHA YASMAN JAAT ITIYESHA" Birthlessness and deathlessness are the characteristic qualities of God. God is unembodied and formless. There is no image of Him. He is beyond limitation. To obey his commandments tantamounts to remembering His most sacred name "AUM" and making life practised in letter and spirit. Lord Supreme, being the liberal rainer of blessings, generous showerer of bounties and accomplisher of all our noble desires is only worshipable. He is unborn, never houses a body like the soul. His Supreme House is His entire Universe. He is Omnipresent and pervading everywhere. To know Him is to know all. He never comes on the earth as an incarnation of deity to destroy the evil doers. He punishes the wicked persons with His invisible Mighty Hands. He sustains within himself all the bodies like the sun, moon & the stars etc. Where He alone is the Creator, sustainer and dissolutionist of the whole world, how can there be a second God. We should , therefore worship Him with a devoted and dedicated spirit. Image worship used as a means to achieve supreme light is faulty. The lord Gucious says through the medium of the Vedas, " I am present in all beings, as their soul but ignoring my presence, mortals make a display of image-worship Human life is a golden opportunity to develop the Soul's divine nature. One who performs idol-worship commits a great sin. Maharishi-Swami Dayanand Saraswati strongly condemned idolatry. He had no soft corner for the Hindus who were idolaters. He was given many temptations not to discourage idol-worship but he strongly resisted and asked the idol worshippers not to indulge in the worship of imaginery Gods by adoring images made of stones and clay enshrined in the temples. About 3 years ago, Shri Murari Bapu, a well known reciter of the 'Ramanaya' visited Amritsar for 10 days and used to recite Ramanya among the large audience. Incidently, I also visited the venue and heard him. He was telling the Hindu brothers that they collected a large number of funds from the Hindus to enshrine man make images of God in the temples and immediately leave for Jodhpur (Rajasthan) to purchase them showed hatred and cruelry towards the living mobile images of God. Where does the justice lie in this transaction? No body from the audience came forward to say something, in rebuttal. We must develop love intensely in the lord Supreme. A devotee who loved no one else and remain aloof from the idolized gods, constantly ponders over to Supreme Reality in a disinterested spirit, and stands united in thought of the lord Gracious, gets full security from Him, whereas an idolater is deprived of all blessings from its lord Indefinable. So idol-worship is not a step towards development of the Soul's divine nature but is a big ditch from where one cannot come out and eventually meets death. Idol-worship is not propounded in the Vedas and is strongly condemned.

“Andhatama pravishanti ye asambhuti mupaste”. This is a line from the yajur veda.It means, "Those who worship natural things enter darkness. Those who worship created things enter even deeper into darkness." if this is what the sanskrit verse means, then is it not a sin for us to worship idols in our houses and in temples!

why not any person who believes in the vedas, and that may well include you also!

The fundamental principles of Hinduism and Buddhism are identical. Four noble truths of Buddhism are suffering, cause of suffering, way to do away with this suffering and the way to feel the state devoid of suffering. They are not different from Indian Vedic traditions. Both deserve and follow the principle of penance, restraint of passions, nonviolence and truth. Sterling they show. Both sitting on the grass in Padmasna, keeping feet on the thighs with hands are on the other in the lap undergo the process of restraining breath. Both meditate under the peepal tree and their ways of meditation are the same. With half opened and half closed eyes they concentrate their attention on the front part of the nose. Their eyes fixed on the nose tip helps them a lot in their spiritual elevation. Both sit straight, all taut. Both wear red brown coloured ropes and keep their right shoulder uncovered. Both react to happiness and sadness in an identical way. Righteousness gives them pleasure and the sinner gives them apathy from the sin. Both endeavor relentlessly to control their senses. Ten traits of Hinduism are very prominent. They are- 1. Steadiness of mind 2. forgiveness 3. endurance 4. purity 5. subjugation of senses 6. discerning intellect 7. learning 8. truth 9. eveness, wrathlessness 10. apathy from stealing. Budhism too has all these traits though trait number 8 and 10 are included in its Five virtues. Both attach prominance to the purifications of mind. Both preach to win over anger by evenness, unrighteousness by righteousness, miser by donation, lie by truth. So we realise that identical principles in theory and practice are prevalent in both the religious. Buddha was not anti- Vedas Buddha does not accept Vedas as God's utterances. They are the achievements of sages through meditation. He has been anti Vedas he would not have arranged recitation of Vedic incantations after the death of his father. He considers 'Gayatri Mantra' the premier mantra. Had he been anti-Vedas he would not have uttered those words- Not to read Vedas is to collect scum one one's mind. Study of Vedas is very dear to him. He believes in 32 embellishments of a lofty soul as propounded in Vedas. Similarly he is not anti- Brahaman. He praises the old brahmans but wants his contemporary brahmans to shun and cast off their short comings. He wants them to purify themselves through reforms. They should be as they were. Buddhism also believes in the existence of heaven and hell, rebirth, cow protection, entity of Narda, oblation devoid of killing, castes based on work culture and not on birth and purity of mind. There is absolutely no difference between a sanyasi of Hinduism and a Bhikshu of Buddhism. Buddha believes that soul and God are one and the same thing. They are not two separate entities. He does accept the existence of God but thinks that God is not required in meditation. To be immortal depends on learning and knowledge. If there is a some supreme being then why does not Buddha name Him and give Him a specific identity. He is of the view that the supreme being is beyond description and all his names and identities are imginary and are superimposed. So like Hinduism. Buddhism also accepts the entity of God but his presence can be felt only. Truth can never take the shape of words. Soul is immortal. Only by knowledge developed and attained through meditation one can have sensual perception of the supreme being. One of the glaring similarities in the two religions is that both consider the visible world shadow and mere illusion. Buddha believes in birth and rebirth. He is of the firm view that creatures through various births can climb the higher rungs of human life. He does accept Varna system not on the basis of birth but on the basis of work culture. Strangely enough he has said nothing about other castes except brahmans. He considers Kashtriya superior to Brahamans. Had it been not so incarnations would not have descended in the Kashtriya dynasty almost all the time. He accepts Ashram system but with some reservations. He is also praise for Brahmcharya Ashram. He thinks medicant is better than householder. Like Hindusim he does not consider Grahsth Ashram the root of all ashramas. A householder is not entitled to solution until and unless he endeavors not to be at par with a mendicant and only then he can yearn for Moksha. He asks the householder not to kill, not to steal, not to tell lies, not to drink wine, not to eat food at night, not to put garland, not to use perfume and so on. He also wants him to observe celibacy if he aspires to be mendicant like and give up cushy bed and sleep on the earth or wooden platform. Hinduism also advises so but unlike Buddhism it asks the householder to perform oblation and undergo penance. Buddhism does not adhere strictly to the order of the four ashramas. A householder can take a leap and directly adopt sanyas ashram. In Hinduism strict adherence to the order is desirable like Hinduism Buddhism believes that desire is the root cause of rebirth. Hinduism has 16 samskaras whereas Buddhism has only 10. Six samastaras are not counted but they are observed in one way or the other. Glaring disparities 1. No worship of 5 gods- sun, shiva, durga, gnesha and vishnu 2. No worship of stars and planets 3. No 'Tilak' and dowry in Vivah Sanskara 4. No Surname suggestive of Caste. 5. Offerings are given only to Bhiksu and not to Brahman 6. No look of hair on the crown of the head left after tonsure 7. No God and Goddesses but only Buddha is worshipped. 8. No fasting to protect the husband 9. No oblation Both the religions believe that rectitude can and birth and rebirth cycle and procure Moksha. Both agree that sacred river bathing cannot procure salvation. Body purification has its importance but for salvation scum and dirt accumulated on the mind is to be removed. Rivers and places of worship help in concentration of mind only. Places of worship being near to mountains and sacred rivers bring about peace of mind. They are centres of religious discourses. Statues in the temples are miniatures of the supreme being for Hinduism. In Buddhism places of pilgrimage are memorials only. They remind of Buddha and his messages. Unlike Buddhism Hinduism thinks that places of worship and pilgrimage are means to fulfill wishes. Why so? Pilgrimages are only baits to be righteous. They are allurements only. They are must to inculcate religious favour in the hearts of people in general. Oblation means sacrifice. Real oblation is sacrifice of self interests for the sake of social well being. It purifies environment. Planting of trees and feeding the animals and insects help in maintaining ecological balance. Another name of oblation is donation. It makes man less attached to luxuries and materials. Donation should be given with compassion. It imparts great blessing. Above all it helps religious preachers, beggars, helpless, blind and handicapped persons. During oblation loftysouls are worshipped and remembered and worshippers aspire to be like their idols. According to Buddha attainment of knowledge is better than formal oblation. Worship of pure souls is for superior to oblation. Buddha is anti oblation probably because of a lot of sacrifices and killing of animals involved in it. Even upnishadas call oblation a broken boat which can not lead to salvation. If we see deeply we will realise that Buddha is not anti yojna. He is against killing, exploitation, harm to objects of nature and useless show off. Huge paraphernalia he shuns like Lord Krsihna he advocates penance but it should not be for the fulfilment of certain ulterior motives and desires. He favours it if done for salvation otherwise it leads to unhappiness only. Like Hinduism Buddhism also belives in Tantra-Mantra. Due importance is given to incontations also. Muttering of prayer is common in Buddhism. Similarities do not end over here. Both the religious have similar rules concerning family, society and state. At the time of death, corpse is laid on the earth with its head towards worth. Before eating obeisance to food is done. Charity, fidelity to husband is a sacred thing. Repayment of three debts is a sacred duty. Both undertake planting of trees and social work for the appeasement of the forefathers. Bait system is there to urge and good people to do righteous deeds. Hinduism is an ancient religion. With the passage of time many flaws did creep into it. Silt gets accumulated at the bottom of an everflowing river even. Self interests and ulterior motives do eclipse good things but it is a temporary phase only. Hinduism is very comprehensive and it embraces almost all departments of human life. Many unwanted things became part and parcel of Hinduism but its soul remained pure. Unwanted things were simply superimposed. All subsequent religions played reformatory roles so to say. Retaining good things they suggested ways and means to get rid of the unwanted things. They advocated changes according to changed circumstances. But spirit and essence of Hinduism remained intact. For example Buddhism advocated burning of incense. It is oblation in miniature form only. New things do creep into with the dawn of new religious but time tested eternal values remain impregnable. This is the case with Hinduism also. New religious have helped it in its purification. It will not be high talk and hyperbolic to say that the fundamental principles of Hinduism and Buddhism are identical.

The fundamental principles of Hinduism and Buddhism are identical. Four noble truths of Buddhism are suffering, cause of suffering, way to do away with this suffering and the way to feel the state devoid of suffering. They are not different from Indian Vedic traditions. Both deserve and follow the principle of penance, restraint of passions, nonviolence and truth. Sterling they show. Both sitting on the grass in Padmasna, keeping feet on the thighs with hands are on the other in the lap undergo the process of restraining breath. Both meditate under the peepal tree and their ways of meditation are the same. With half opened and half closed eyes they concentrate their attention on the front part of the nose. Their eyes fixed on the nose tip helps them a lot in their spiritual elevation. Both sit straight, all taut. Both wear red brown coloured ropes and keep their right shoulder uncovered. Both react to happiness and sadness in an identical way. Righteousness gives them pleasure and the sinner gives them apathy from the sin. Both endeavor relentlessly to control their senses. Ten traits of Hinduism are very prominent. They are- 1. Steadiness of mind 2. forgiveness 3. endurance 4. purity 5. subjugation of senses 6. discerning intellect 7. learning 8. truth 9. eveness, wrathlessness 10. apathy from stealing. Budhism too has all these traits though trait number 8 and 10 are included in its Five virtues. Both attach prominance to the purifications of mind. Both preach to win over anger by evenness, unrighteousness by righteousness, miser by donation, lie by truth. So we realise that identical principles in theory and practice are prevalent in both the religious. Buddha was not anti- Vedas Buddha does not accept Vedas as God's utterances. They are the achievements of sages through meditation. He has been anti Vedas he would not have arranged recitation of Vedic incantations after the death of his father. He considers 'Gayatri Mantra' the premier mantra. Had he been anti-Vedas he would not have uttered those words- Not to read Vedas is to collect scum one one's mind. Study of Vedas is very dear to him. He believes in 32 embellishments of a lofty soul as propounded in Vedas. Similarly he is not anti- Brahaman. He praises the old brahmans but wants his contemporary brahmans to shun and cast off their short comings. He wants them to purify themselves through reforms. They should be as they were. Buddhism also believes in the existence of heaven and hell, rebirth, cow protection, entity of Narda, oblation devoid of killing, castes based on work culture and not on birth and purity of mind. There is absolutely no difference between a sanyasi of Hinduism and a Bhikshu of Buddhism. Buddha believes that soul and God are one and the same thing. They are not two separate entities. He does accept the existence of God but thinks that God is not required in meditation. To be immortal depends on learning and knowledge. If there is a some supreme being then why does not Buddha name Him and give Him a specific identity. He is of the view that the supreme being is beyond description and all his names and identities are imginary and are superimposed. So like Hinduism. Buddhism also accepts the entity of God but his presence can be felt only. Truth can never take the shape of words. Soul is immortal. Only by knowledge developed and attained through meditation one can have sensual perception of the supreme being. One of the glaring similarities in the two religions is that both consider the visible world shadow and mere illusion. Buddha believes in birth and rebirth. He is of the firm view that creatures through various births can climb the higher rungs of human life. He does accept Varna system not on the basis of birth but on the basis of work culture. Strangely enough he has said nothing about other castes except brahmans. He considers Kashtriya superior to Brahamans. Had it been not so incarnations would not have descended in the Kashtriya dynasty almost all the time. He accepts Ashram system but with some reservations. He is also praise for Brahmcharya Ashram. He thinks medicant is better than householder. Like Hindusim he does not consider Grahsth Ashram the root of all ashramas. A householder is not entitled to solution until and unless he endeavors not to be at par with a mendicant and only then he can yearn for Moksha. He asks the householder not to kill, not to steal, not to tell lies, not to drink wine, not to eat food at night, not to put garland, not to use perfume and so on. He also wants him to observe celibacy if he aspires to be mendicant like and give up cushy bed and sleep on the earth or wooden platform. Hinduism also advises so but unlike Buddhism it asks the householder to perform oblation and undergo penance. Buddhism does not adhere strictly to the order of the four ashramas. A householder can take a leap and directly adopt sanyas ashram. In Hinduism strict adherence to the order is desirable like Hinduism Buddhism believes that desire is the root cause of rebirth. Hinduism has 16 samskaras whereas Buddhism has only 10. Six samastaras are not counted but they are observed in one way or the other. Glaring disparities 1. No worship of 5 gods- sun, shiva, durga, gnesha and vishnu 2. No worship of stars and planets 3. No 'Tilak' and dowry in Vivah Sanskara 4. No Surname suggestive of Caste. 5. Offerings are given only to Bhiksu and not to Brahman 6. No look of hair on the crown of the head left after tonsure 7. No God and Goddesses but only Buddha is worshipped. 8. No fasting to protect the husband 9. No oblation Both the religions believe that rectitude can and birth and rebirth cycle and procure Moksha. Both agree that sacred river bathing cannot procure salvation. Body purification has its importance but for salvation scum and dirt accumulated on the mind is to be removed. Rivers and places of worship help in concentration of mind only. Places of worship being near to mountains and sacred rivers bring about peace of mind. They are centres of religious discourses. Statues in the temples are miniatures of the supreme being for Hinduism. In Buddhism places of pilgrimage are memorials only. They remind of Buddha and his messages. Unlike Buddhism Hinduism thinks that places of worship and pilgrimage are means to fulfill wishes. Why so? Pilgrimages are only baits to be righteous. They are allurements only. They are must to inculcate religious favour in the hearts of people in general. Oblation means sacrifice. Real oblation is sacrifice of self interests for the sake of social well being. It purifies environment. Planting of trees and feeding the animals and insects help in maintaining ecological balance. Another name of oblation is donation. It makes man less attached to luxuries and materials. Donation should be given with compassion. It imparts great blessing. Above all it helps religious preachers, beggars, helpless, blind and handicapped persons. During oblation loftysouls are worshipped and remembered and worshippers aspire to be like their idols. According to Buddha attainment of knowledge is better than formal oblation. Worship of pure souls is for superior to oblation. Buddha is anti oblation probably because of a lot of sacrifices and killing of animals involved in it. Even upnishadas call oblation a broken boat which can not lead to salvation. If we see deeply we will realise that Buddha is not anti yojna. He is against killing, exploitation, harm to objects of nature and useless show off. Huge paraphernalia he shuns like Lord Krsihna he advocates penance but it should not be for the fulfilment of certain ulterior motives and desires. He favours it if done for salvation otherwise it leads to unhappiness only. Like Hinduism Buddhism also belives in Tantra-Mantra. Due importance is given to incontations also. Muttering of prayer is common in Buddhism. Similarities do not end over here. Both the religious have similar rules concerning family, society and state. At the time of death, corpse is laid on the earth with its head towards worth. Before eating obeisance to food is done. Charity, fidelity to husband is a sacred thing. Repayment of three debts is a sacred duty. Both undertake planting of trees and social work for the appeasement of the forefathers. Bait system is there to urge and good people to do righteous deeds. Hinduism is an ancient religion. With the passage of time many flaws did creep into it. Silt gets accumulated at the bottom of an everflowing river even. Self interests and ulterior motives do eclipse good things but it is a temporary phase only. Hinduism is very comprehensive and it embraces almost all departments of human life. Many unwanted things became part and parcel of Hinduism but its soul remained pure. Unwanted things were simply superimposed. All subsequent religions played reformatory roles so to say. Retaining good things they suggested ways and means to get rid of the unwanted things. They advocated changes according to changed circumstances. But spirit and essence of Hinduism remained intact. For example Buddhism advocated burning of incense. It is oblation in miniature form only. New things do creep into with the dawn of new religious but time tested eternal values remain impregnable. This is the case with Hinduism also. New religious have helped it in its purification. It will not be high talk and hyperbolic to say that the fundamental principles of Hinduism and Buddhism are identical.

The prediction of the Buddhist religion as given in the Bhavishya Purana [From the 29th chapter of the Pratisarga Parva.] Long ago in the country known as Citrartha, the inhabitants of the heavenly planets used to come to play during the time of autumn. One day a heavenly apsara know as Manjughosha came to that place where the sage Shuka was residing. Seeing this beautiful boy, she tried to attract him while singing and dancing, being overwhelmed by lusty desires. She praised him with a beautiful prayer holding her hands and bowing down. Somehow, she pleased the muni. Then the glorious Shuka, hearing this auspicious prayer asked her to request a benediction. Manjughosha humbly said: ”O lord, you are the protector of those who came to your shelter, therefore I’m at your shelter, please become my husband”. The sage accepted her and after some time they produced a son named ‘Muni’ who performed austerity very strictly upto 12 years. He married the daughter of Svarnadeva, the god of gold. They gave birth to a daughter named Kinnari. She was very young and beautiful. She performed austerity to please Lord Shiva, and as a benediction lord Shiva intrusted her to a sober sage Makaranda. Then her father, Muni, asked lord Shiva to bless her, so that they will successfully make progress in this world. Lord Shiva said: Upto 30 years you will enjoy your country in the middle of the earth, then it will be destroyed. After hearing this Muni went to his place with Makaranda and resided there. As soon as the 29th year started the battle took place among those kings who took birth as the incarnations of the associates of Krishna. Bauddha, the lord of nyuhas (the lessened people) attacked the beautiful city of Netrapala, thinking that this city is wonderfully decorated with various kinds of jewels. The powerful king Bauddha-simha who had seven-million soldiers, fought with those kings who had only three million soldiers. The fight went on terribly between the armies for seven days and nights. The great powerful kings, who killed all the inimical armies protected by Baudha-simha, were Yoga-simha, Bhoga-simha and Vijaya. After that more Buddhists came from the countries known as Shyama and Japaka, and all of them were magicians. Again they had a large battle which lasted for one month. Then Netrasimha arrived with seven million soldiers protected by eight generals, for the destruction of the Buddhists. Being afraid, all the Buddhists left India completely and went to China to continue the war from there. The opposite army also continued following them. When they arrived on the bank of the Huha river, it was the month of Magh, the second half part of the month of January, the fight took place again. There were one million soldiers each from the countries of Syama and Japaka, and ten million soldiers from China assembled for a fight. On the other side, Krishnamsa, Deva, Netrapala, Mandalika, Dhanyapada, Lallasimha, Talana and Jana nayaka were the generals, each of them having one million soldiers. There was a terrible battle between the Buddhists and the Aryans. In that war seven million Buddhists, and two million Aryans were killed. Being afraid the Buddhists ran away from the battle and went to their home to produce a wooden army with the help of a machinery arrangement. They made ten-thousand elephants (made out of wood) along with warriors, one million horses, one thousand buffaloes, one thousand hogs, one thousand tigers, one thousand swans, and seven thousand camels. All these creatures had wooden warriors on their back. Thus with the wooden army which was 125,000 in number, they killed two million soldiers protected by Krishnamsas. Seeing this wonder Jayanta, the expert fighter shot fire arrows toward the wooden armies, so that they were immediately destroyed, being burnt to ashes. Only three million kshatriyas (warriors) were left, and they glorified the proficient warrior Jayanta again and again. Then the Buddhists from China, made a twenty thousand strong iron horse calvary and sent them to fight. The powerful warrior Yogasimha, riding on an elephant held the bow and arrows in his hands and shot to the neck of the iron warriors. Being afflicted by the arrows of Yogasimha five thousand soldiers were killed. Seeing this, Bauddhasimha made an iron tiger and sent it to Yogasimha. By the attack of that iron tiger the brave Yogasimha was finally killed, and then Bhogasimha riding on a horse, went to fight with the tiger. He killed the tiger by throwing a missile, and roared loudly. Then a lion was sent to him by Bauddhasimha and thus he (Bhogasimha) was killed by a lion. When the son of Swarna-vati (Jayanta) saw that his maternal uncles were already dead, he rode on a powerful horse and went to Bauddhasimha. He took illusory arrows and put the opposite army into delusion along with Bauddhasimha. He captured ten-thousand kings including Bauddhasimha, and returned to Krishnamsas having destroyed the mechanical armies. Then all of them happily went to the city and forcibly “looted” the wealth from the palace, which was very opulent, and came back the fort of the king. Jayanta came and released Bauddhasimha. After being released he offered his daughter Padmaja to Jayanta and also offered 100,000,000 golden coins for the pleasure of his in law. After that all the Buddhists made their vows there itself saying “We will never go to Arya-desa to invade the country.” Then they offered their homage and left. They went to Netrapala with their three million remaining soldiers.

The prediction of the Buddhist religion as given in the Bhavishya Purana [From the 29th chapter of the Pratisarga Parva.] Long ago in the country known as Citrartha, the inhabitants of the heavenly planets used to come to play during the time of autumn. One day a heavenly apsara know as Manjughosha came to that place where the sage Shuka was residing. Seeing this beautiful boy, she tried to attract him while singing and dancing, being overwhelmed by lusty desires. She praised him with a beautiful prayer holding her hands and bowing down. Somehow, she pleased the muni. Then the glorious Shuka, hearing this auspicious prayer asked her to request a benediction. Manjughosha humbly said: ”O lord, you are the protector of those who came to your shelter, therefore I’m at your shelter, please become my husband”. The sage accepted her and after some time they produced a son named ‘Muni’ who performed austerity very strictly upto 12 years. He married the daughter of Svarnadeva, the god of gold. They gave birth to a daughter named Kinnari. She was very young and beautiful. She performed austerity to please Lord Shiva, and as a benediction lord Shiva intrusted her to a sober sage Makaranda. Then her father, Muni, asked lord Shiva to bless her, so that they will successfully make progress in this world. Lord Shiva said: Upto 30 years you will enjoy your country in the middle of the earth, then it will be destroyed. After hearing this Muni went to his place with Makaranda and resided there. As soon as the 29th year started the battle took place among those kings who took birth as the incarnations of the associates of Krishna. Bauddha, the lord of nyuhas (the lessened people) attacked the beautiful city of Netrapala, thinking that this city is wonderfully decorated with various kinds of jewels. The powerful king Bauddha-simha who had seven-million soldiers, fought with those kings who had only three million soldiers. The fight went on terribly between the armies for seven days and nights. The great powerful kings, who killed all the inimical armies protected by Baudha-simha, were Yoga-simha, Bhoga-simha and Vijaya. After that more Buddhists came from the countries known as Shyama and Japaka, and all of them were magicians. Again they had a large battle which lasted for one month. Then Netrasimha arrived with seven million soldiers protected by eight generals, for the destruction of the Buddhists. Being afraid, all the Buddhists left India completely and went to China to continue the war from there. The opposite army also continued following them. When they arrived on the bank of the Huha river, it was the month of Magh, the second half part of the month of January, the fight took place again. There were one million soldiers each from the countries of Syama and Japaka, and ten million soldiers from China assembled for a fight. On the other side, Krishnamsa, Deva, Netrapala, Mandalika, Dhanyapada, Lallasimha, Talana and Jana nayaka were the generals, each of them having one million soldiers. There was a terrible battle between the Buddhists and the Aryans. In that war seven million Buddhists, and two million Aryans were killed. Being afraid the Buddhists ran away from the battle and went to their home to produce a wooden army with the help of a machinery arrangement. They made ten-thousand elephants (made out of wood) along with warriors, one million horses, one thousand buffaloes, one thousand hogs, one thousand tigers, one thousand swans, and seven thousand camels. All these creatures had wooden warriors on their back. Thus with the wooden army which was 125,000 in number, they killed two million soldiers protected by Krishnamsas. Seeing this wonder Jayanta, the expert fighter shot fire arrows toward the wooden armies, so that they were immediately destroyed, being burnt to ashes. Only three million kshatriyas (warriors) were left, and they glorified the proficient warrior Jayanta again and again. Then the Buddhists from China, made a twenty thousand strong iron horse calvary and sent them to fight. The powerful warrior Yogasimha, riding on an elephant held the bow and arrows in his hands and shot to the neck of the iron warriors. Being afflicted by the arrows of Yogasimha five thousand soldiers were killed. Seeing this, Bauddhasimha made an iron tiger and sent it to Yogasimha. By the attack of that iron tiger the brave Yogasimha was finally killed, and then Bhogasimha riding on a horse, went to fight with the tiger. He killed the tiger by throwing a missile, and roared loudly. Then a lion was sent to him by Bauddhasimha and thus he (Bhogasimha) was killed by a lion. When the son of Swarna-vati (Jayanta) saw that his maternal uncles were already dead, he rode on a powerful horse and went to Bauddhasimha. He took illusory arrows and put the opposite army into delusion along with Bauddhasimha. He captured ten-thousand kings including Bauddhasimha, and returned to Krishnamsas having destroyed the mechanical armies. Then all of them happily went to the city and forcibly “looted” the wealth from the palace, which was very opulent, and came back the fort of the king. Jayanta came and released Bauddhasimha. After being released he offered his daughter Padmaja to Jayanta and also offered 100,000,000 golden coins for the pleasure of his in law. After that all the Buddhists made their vows there itself saying “We will never go to Arya-desa to invade the country.” Then they offered their homage and left. They went to Netrapala with their three million remaining soldiers.

Dharma, Avinash please visit this website. talking of the 9th avatar of lord vishnu, we are thinking of the dashavatar. but is said that there are actually 24 incarnations. they are as follows:- 1) ADI PURUSH AVATAR 2) THE ETERNAL YOUTHS 3) VARAHA AVATAR 4) NARAD AVATAR 5) NAR-NARAYAN AVATAR 6) KAPIL AVATAR 7) DATTATREY AVATAR 8) YAGYA AVATAR 9) RISHABH AVATAR 10) PRITHU AVATAR 11) MATSYA AVATAR 12) KACHCHAP AVATAR 13) DHANVANTARI AVATAR 14) MOHINI AVATAR 15) NARSIMHA AVATAR 16) HAYAGREEV AVATAR 17) VAMAN AVATAR 18) PARSHURAM AVATAR 19) VYAS AVATAR 20) RAM AVATAR 21) BALARAM AVATAR 22) KRISHNA AVATAR 23) BUDDHA AVATAR 24) KALKI AVATAR pls refer to this website: http://www.urday.com/24.htm

Dharma, Avinash please visit this website. talking of the 9th avatar of lord vishnu, we are thinking of the dashavatar. but is said that there are actually 24 incarnations. they are as follows:- 1) ADI PURUSH AVATAR 2) THE ETERNAL YOUTHS 3) VARAHA AVATAR 4) NARAD AVATAR 5) NAR-NARAYAN AVATAR 6) KAPIL AVATAR 7) DATTATREY AVATAR 8) YAGYA AVATAR 9) RISHABH AVATAR 10) PRITHU AVATAR 11) MATSYA AVATAR 12) KACHCHAP AVATAR 13) DHANVANTARI AVATAR 14) MOHINI AVATAR 15) NARSIMHA AVATAR 16) HAYAGREEV AVATAR 17) VAMAN AVATAR 18) PARSHURAM AVATAR 19) VYAS AVATAR 20) RAM AVATAR 21) BALARAM AVATAR 22) KRISHNA AVATAR 23) BUDDHA AVATAR 24) KALKI AVATAR pls refer to this website: http://www.urday.com/24.htm

which is then the ninth avatar of lord vishnu. i have heard that the 9th avatar is that of buddha. similarly i have heard that the 9th avatar is balarama, the elder brother of krishna! which is the correct one?