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43 relations: Aditi, Akshauhini, Assam, Asura, Banasura, Bhagadatta, Bhagavata Purana, Bhauma dynasty, Bhūmi, Danava dynasty, Deva (Hinduism), Diwali, Garuda, Guwahati, Harivamsa, Hinduism, Hiranyaksha, Indra, Kalika Purana, Kamakhya, Kamarupa, Kamrup region, Kaurava, Kirata, Krishna, Mahabharata, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mithila (region), Naraka, Naraka Chaturdashi, Pragjyotisha Kingdom, Prajapati, Ramayana, Satyabhama, Shaktism, Shatapatha Brahmana, Svarga, Varaha, Varman dynasty, Vidarbha, Vishnu, Vishnu Purana, Wives of Krishna.
Aditi
In the Vedas, Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति "limitless") is mother of the gods (devamata) and all twelve zodiacal spirits from whose cosmic matrix, the heavenly bodies were born.
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Akshauhini
An akshauhini (अक्षौहिणी akṣauhiṇī) is described in the Mahabharata as a battle formation consisting of 21,870 chariots (Sanskrit ratha); 21,870 elephants (Sanskrit gaja); 65,610 horses (Sanskrit turaga) and 109,350 infantry (Sanskrit pada sainyam) as per the Mahabharata (Adi Parva 2.15-23).
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Assam
Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.
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Asura
Asuras (असुर) are a class of divine beings or power-seeking deities related to the more benevolent Devas (also known as Suras) in Hindu mythology.
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Banasura
Bana (also called Banasura), in Hindu stories was a thousand-armed asura King and son of Bali.
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Bhagadatta
Bhagadatta was the mythological son of Naraka, king of the Pragjyotisha Kingdom and second in line of kings of Naraka dynasty.
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Bhagavata Purana
Bhagavata Purana (Devanagari: भागवतपुराण) also known as Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata, is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas, great histories).
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Bhauma dynasty
The Bhauma dynasty is second legendary dynasty of Pragjyotisha, after the Danava dynasty, that has been mentioned in the epics such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Kalika Purana, the Yogini Tantra and local lore.
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Bhūmi
Bhūmi or Bhūmī-Devī is the Hindu goddess representing Mother Earth.
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Danava dynasty
The Danava dynasty was the first legendary line of rulers in Pragjyotisha, established by Mahiranga Danava.
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Deva (Hinduism)
Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "heavenly, divine, anything of excellence", and is also one of the terms for a deity in Hinduism.
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Diwali
Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere).
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Garuda
The Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology.
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Guwahati
Guwahati (Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam, Gauhati in the modern era) is the largest city in the Indian state of Assam and also the largest urban area in Northeast India.
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Harivamsa
The Harivamsa (pronounced Harivamsha in Sanskrit (हरिवंश), the lineage of Hari (Vishnu)) is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 shlokas, mostly in Anustubh metre.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.
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Hiranyaksha
Hiranyaksha (हिरण्याक्ष, "golden-eyed") was an oppressive demon Asura who attacked the heavens, thereafter kidnapped and attempted to destroy the earth goddess in Hindu mythology.
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Indra
(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.
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Kalika Purana
The Kalika Purana (Kālikā Purāṇa), also called the Kali Purana, Sati Purana or Kalika Tantra, is one of the eighteen minor Puranas (Upapurana) in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism.
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Kamakhya
Kamakhya (কামাখ্যা দেৱী), also known as Siddha Kubjika,is an important Hindu Tantric goddess of desire who evolved in the Himalayan hills.
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Kamarupa
Kāmarūpa (also called Pragjyotisha), was a power during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent; and along with Davaka, the first historical kingdom of Assam.
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Kamrup region
Kamrup or Kamarupa is the modern region situated between two rivers Manas and Barnadi in Western Assam, congruent to ancient "Kamapitha", "Kamarupa Mandala" of Pragjyotisha Bhukti, medieval "Sarkar Kamrup" and modern "Undivided Kamrup district", though historian Dinesh Chandra Sircar suspects Kamapitha division as fabrications from late medieval times.
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Kaurava
Kaurava (कौरव) is a Sanskrit term for the descendants of Kuru, a legendary king who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the Mahābhārata.
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Kirata
The Kirāta (Kirat) (किरात) is a generic term in Sanskrit literature for people who had territory in the mountains, particularly in the Himalayas and North-East India and who are believed to have been Sino-Tibetan in origin.
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Krishna
Krishna (Kṛṣṇa) is a major deity in Hinduism.
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Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.
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Mithila (region)
Mithila, also known as Tirhut and Tirabhukti, is a geographical and cultural region mainly located in the Indian state of Bihar.
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Naraka
Naraka (नरक) is the Sanskrit word for the underworld; literally, of man.
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Naraka Chaturdashi
Naraka Chaturdashi (also known as Kali Chaudas, Roop Chaudas, Choti Diwali or Naraka Nivaran Chaturdashi) is a Hindu festival, which falls on Chaturdashi (14th day) of the Krishna Paksha in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar month of Ashweeja.
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Pragjyotisha Kingdom
Pragjyotisha was a mythological kingdom that later came to be associated with the historical Kamarupa.
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Prajapati
Prajapati (IAST:, "lord of creation and protector") is a Vedic deity of Hinduism.
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Ramayana
Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.
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Satyabhama
Satyabhama is the second most important wife of the God Krishna- the avatar of the god Vishnu.
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Shaktism
Shaktism (Sanskrit:, lit., "doctrine of energy, power, the Goddess") is a major tradition of Hinduism, wherein the metaphysical reality is considered feminine and the Devi (goddess) is supreme.
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Shatapatha Brahmana
The Shatapatha Brahmana (IAST:, "Brāhmaṇa of one hundred parts") is a prose text describing Vedic rituals, history and mythology associated with the Śukla Yajurveda.
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Svarga
Svarga also known as Swarga or Svarga Loka, is one of the eight higher (Vyahrtis) lokas (esotericism plane) in Hindu cosmology.
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Varaha
Varaha (वराह, IAST:Varāha) is the avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu who takes the form of a boar to rescue goddess earth.
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Varman dynasty
The Varman dynasty (350-650) is the first historical dynasty of the Kamarupa kingdom.
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Vidarbha
Vidarbha is the eastern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, comprising Nagpur Division and Amravati Division.
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Vishnu
Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.
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Vishnu Purana
The 'Vishnu Purana' (IAST: Viṣṇu Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism.
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Wives of Krishna
Besides eight principal queens, the Hindu god Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu in the Dwapara Yuga (epoch), is described to have many unnamed junior wives.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narakasura
