Thursday, November 12, 2020

Duryodhana

 In the Stri Parva of Mahabharata, Gandhari mentioned the wife of Duryodhana and mother of Laxman. In the Shanti Parva, sage Narada narrated the marriage of Duryodhana with the daughter of King Chitrangada of Kalinga. In the Mahabharata, the wife of Duryodhana is unnamed but by most sources Duryodhana had only one wife, who was named Bhanumati in later interpolations.[9][note 1]

According to the story found in Mahabharata, Duryodhana abducted Kalinga king Chitrangada's daughter Bhanumati, the maiden of the fairest complexion, from her swayamvara with the help of his best friend Karna in the wake of having been rejected by her. It is described that he loved her immensely. On reaching Hastinapur, Duryodhana justified his act by giving the example of his great grandfather Bhishma abducting three princess of Kashi for his step brother.[10] Laxman Kumar and Lakshmanaa were the children of Duryodhana and Bhanumati.[11][12] Little is revealed about them in the Mahabharata other than Laxman's death in the Kurukshetra War and Laxmanaa's marriage to Krishna's son Samba.


After the Pandavas retired, only Yudhishthira reached the heaven alive. There, he saw Duryodhana, which shocked him. When asked by Yudhishthira, Narada replied that Duryodhana did his duties.[27]


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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Anavasara

The Narada Purana states that the deities catch a cold and get a fever just after Snana-yatra because of exposure to cool winds. To recuperate, Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra remain in seculusion for two weeks being attended by special servants named, Dayitas or Daitapatis, who are descendants of the sabaras, the original worshipers of Nila Madhava. The Daitapatis render what is celled Sri-Anga-Seva- attending to the personal divine form of Lord Jagannath. During the fifteen days of anavasara, Jagannath,balabhadra and subhadra are offered a medicine of fruit juices and indigenous herbs and roots. The Daita renovate and repaint the deities with natural paints that need about 15 days to dry, charcoal is used for black color, mother-of-pearl for white, turmeric for yellow. The pupils of the Deities eyes are painted by the temple priests not the painters. In tribal dialect the word anasara means to 'dry up’.

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