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Pashupatastra

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The Pashupatastra (IAST: Pāśupatāstra, sanskrit: पाशुपतास्त्र), in Hindu History, is an irresistible and most destructive personal weapon of Shiva, Kali and Adi Para Shakti discharged by the mind, the eyes, words, or a bow. [1]

25 relations: Amaravati (mythology), Astra (weapon), Bharatanatyam, Brahmastra, Chitrasena (Mahabharata), Hunting, Indra, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Kali, Kirātārjunīya, Kubera, Lokapala, Mahabharata, Menaka, Pashupata Shaivism, Rambha (apsara), Sanskrit, Shiva, Svarga, Tilottama, Tripura Sundari, Urvashi, Vajra, Varuna, Yama.

Amaravati (mythology)

Amaravati (also known as Indra Loka) is a figure in Hindu mythology.

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Astra (weapon)

In Hinduism, an (Sanskrit: अस्त्र) was a supernatural weapon, presided over by a specific deity and were highly empowered by necessary occult that was responsible for the effect/impact.

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Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam (Tamil: "பரதநாட்டியம்"), is a major genre of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu.

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Brahmastra

In ancient Sanskrit writings, the Brahmastra (ब्रह्‍मास्‍त्र, IAST: Brahmāstra) and it's variants the Brahmashirsha astra and the Brahmanda astra were supernatural weapons used in various Hindu mythological wars and are collectively called Brahma weapons.The Brahmashirsha astra was a weapon that was capable of destroying the world.The Brahmanda astra was a weapon capable of destroying the universe.

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Chitrasena (Mahabharata)

Chitrasena, a character in the Indian epic Mahabharata, was a Gandharva king who taught song and dance to Arjuna.

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Hunting

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals, or pursuing or tracking them with the intent of doing so.

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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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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration

The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (I.A.S.T.) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanization of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.

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Kali

(काली), also known as (कालिका), is a Hindu goddess.

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Kirātārjunīya

Kirātārjunīya (किरातार्जुनीय, Of Arjuna and the Kirāta) is a Sanskrit kavya by Bhāravi, written in the 6th century or earlier.

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Kubera

Kubera (कुबेर) also known as Kuvera or Kuber, is the Lord of Wealth and the god-king of the semi-divine Yakshas in Hindu mythology.

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Lokapala

Lokapāla, Sanskrit and Pāli for "guardian of the world", has different uses depending on whether it is found in a Hindu or Buddhist context.

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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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Menaka

In Hindu mythology, Menaka() is considered one of the most beautiful of the heavenly Apsaras.

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Pashupata Shaivism

Pashupata Shaivism (पाशुपत) is the oldest of the major Shaivite Hindu schools.

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Rambha (apsara)

Rambha in Hindu mythology is the Queen of the Apsaras, the magical and beautiful female beings in Devaloka.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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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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Tilottama

Tilottama (Tilottamā), is an Apsara (celestial nymph) described in Hindu mythology.

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Tripura Sundari

Tripura Sundari (Sanskrit: त्रिपुरा सुंदरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), is a goddess and one of the ten Mahavidyas.

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Urvashi

Urvashi (Sanskrit: उर्वशी, lit. she who can control heart of others. ("Ur" means heart and "vash" means to control) is an Apsara (nymph) in Hindu legend. Monier Monier-Williams proposes a different etymology in which the name means 'widely pervasive' and suggests that in its first appearances in Vedic texts it is a name for the dawn goddess. She was a celestial maiden in Indra's court and was considered the most beautiful of all the Apsaras. She is the mother of Rishyasringa, the great saint of the Ramayana era of ancient India from Vibhandaka, who later played crucial role in birth of Rama and was married to Shanta, the elder sister of Rama. She became the wife of king Pururavas (from + "crying much or loudly"), an ancient chief of the lunar race. ShBr 11.5.1, and treated in Kalidasa's drama Vikramōrvaśīyam. She is perennially youthful and infinitely charming but always elusive. She is a source as much of delight as of dolour.

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Vajra

Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond.

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Varuna

Varuna (IAST: वरुण, Malay: Baruna) is a Vedic deity associated first with sky, later with waters as well as with Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth).

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Yama

Yama or Yamarāja is a god of death, the south direction, and the underworld, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashupatastra

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