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Kurma (Sanskrit: कूर्म, lit. 'Turtle' or 'Tortoise'), is the
second avatar of the
Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu.
Originating in
Vedic literature such...
- The
Kurma Purana (IAST:
Kūrma Purāṇa) is one of the
eighteen Mahapuranas, and a
medieval era
Vaishnavism text of Hinduism. The text is
named after the...
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century ivory (National Museum, New Delhi). From top descending: Matsya;
Kurma; Varaha; Narasimha; Vamana; Parashurama; Rama;
Balarama ;
Krishna and Kalki...
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Sheer khurma or
sheer khorma (Persian: شير خرما, romanized: shîr xormâ "milk and dates") is a
festival vermicelli pudding prepared by
Muslims on Eid ul-Fitr...
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Kuruba is a
Hindu caste native to the
Indian state of Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are the third-largest
caste group in Karnataka...
- Rao
Bahadur Sir
Kurma Venkatareddi Naidu KCSI (1875–1942), also
known as K. V.
Reddi Naidu, was an
Indian politician, lawyer, diplomat, and academic....
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saves the
Vedas from an
asura called Hayagriva.
Kurma: The tortoise/turtle avatar. He
supports the
mountain named Mandara while...
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finds mention in
various Hindu texts,
including the
Matsya Purāṇa, the
Kūrma Purāṇa, the Liṅga Purāṇa, the
Padma Purana, and the
Shiva Purana. He is...
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Ishvara Gita is an
ancient Hindu philosophical text from
Kurma Purana. It
follows the
oldest Shaiva doctrine of the
Vedic mahapashupata school with...
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basal genus. In Hinduism,
Kurma (Sanskrit: कुर्म) was the
second Avatar of Vishnu. Like the
Matsya Avatara,
Kurma also
belongs to the
Satya Yuga...
