- In
Hindu literature,
Andhaka (Sanskrit: अन्धक, IAST:
Andhaka; lit. "He who darkens")
refers to a
malevolent asura,
whose pride is
vanquished by Shiva...
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Sadashiva Trimurti 5.
Gangadhara 6.
Wedding of
Shiva 7.
Shiva slaying Andhaka 8.
Nataraja 9.
Yogishvara 16.
Linga East Wing
Shrine 10.
Kartikeya 11....
- lineage. The
community was
formed of
various clans,
being the Satvatas,
Andhakas, Bhojas, ****uras, Vrishni, Surasenas, and
Abhira who all
worshipped Krishna...
-
devis when
Andhaka attacked Kailasha.
Prahlada had
strongly advised Andhaka against the
invasion of Kailasha, but
Andhaka refused.
Andhaka was eventually...
-
various avatars /Devi Sati; Lord Shiva's
second wife; Kartikeya, Ganesha,
Andhaka and Manasa's mother; Lord Vishnu's and Ganga's sister;
Himavan and Meenavati's...
-
mythology who
appears in the
Matsya Purāṇa. He was the son of the
demon Andhaka, who was
killed by the god Shiva.
After discovering that Pārvatī was practicing...
- Parvati.
Andhaka's son Adi, also an asura,
takes the form of
Parvati to
seduce and kill
Shiva with a
toothed **** in
order to
avenge Andhaka, but is...
-
Yadava tribe in the
Indian epic of Mahabharata. They were a
branch of the
Andhaka clan, who were in turn
descendants of the
Satvata clan
descended from King...
- therefore, a
democracy (with an
elected ruler). Some
examples were the
Andhaka and
Vrsni Rajanyas who
followed the
system of
elected rulers. Ram Sharan...
- Kauravas.
According to F.E. Pargiter, he was the son of Hṛidika, born in the
Andhaka clan of the Yadu dynasty.
Kritavarma is said to have encouraged, or in...
