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    The Samudra Manthana (Sanskrit: समुद्रमन्थन, lit. 'churning of the ocean') is a major episode in Hinduism that is elaborated in the Vishnu Purana, a major...
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    Kshira Sagara (redirect from Ocean of Milk)
    the churning rope. They used Mount Mandara as a churning pole and placed it on the back of Kurma, an avatar of Vishnu. As the devas and asuras churned the...
    12 KB (1,376 words) - 21:49, 14 August 2024
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    flying horse, created during the churning of the milk ocean. It is considered the best of horses, as prototype and king of the horses. Uchchaihshravas is...
    6 KB (611 words) - 13:59, 5 July 2024
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    the name of the mountain that appears in the Samudra Manthana episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of...
    3 KB (293 words) - 22:35, 11 October 2023
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    Kurma (category Avatars of Vishnu)
    post-Vedic literature such as the Puranas. He prominently appears in the legend of the churning of the Ocean of Milk, referred to as the Samudra Manthana. Along...
    77 KB (8,978 words) - 10:31, 16 August 2024
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    she was born either from the churning of the ocean of milk, the poison from Vasuki (who helped churn the ocean) or the back of Prajapati. As previously...
    34 KB (4,643 words) - 02:22, 17 August 2024
  • obtained during the churning of the milk ocean. Uchchaihshravas is often described as a vahana ("vehicle") of Indra - the god-king of heaven, but is also...
    44 KB (5,501 words) - 13:14, 13 August 2024
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    the churning of the Ocean of Milk[citation needed] Myths about the world's oceans are universally accompanied by myths about its containment when the...
    28 KB (3,609 words) - 17:19, 30 July 2024
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    she emerged from the churning of the cosmic ocean, others describe her as the daughter of the creator god Daksha, and as the wife of the sage Kashyapa....
    27 KB (3,368 words) - 15:54, 29 May 2024
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    the devas and the asuras to bind him to Mount Mandara, so that they could use him as their churning rope to extract the amrita from the Ocean of Milk...
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    during the Samudramanthan (churning of the ocean) made his throat blue in color. Thus, Shiva is also known as Neelkanth, literally meaning The Blue Throated...
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    the time of the churning of the ocean, and acts as a symbol of divine authority. In Hindu mythology, the devas and the asuras performed the churning of...
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    one of the supernatural beings which emerged from the churning of the ocean of milk. In Islam, Al-Buraq was the steed who carried Muhammad in the Isra'...
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    Airavata (category Culture of Thailand)
    (descendant of the sage, Kashyapa) whereas, the Vishnu Purana notes that Airavata was born from the churning of the ocean of milk. According to the Matangalila...
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    Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. The opacity and rich taste of coconut milk are due to...
    45 KB (4,590 words) - 01:04, 14 August 2024
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    and advised the devas to do perform the churning of the ocean of milk with the help of the asuras. After the churning of the ocean, the goddess Lakshmi...
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    legend, when the celestial deities Devas and demons Asuras were churning the Ocean of Milk for ambrosia, poison emerged first. Shiva consumed the poison, but...
    5 KB (508 words) - 23:06, 28 April 2024
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    ISBN 978-0-19-536922-9, pp.164-168 "Churning the Ocean of Milk by Michael Buckley". Jones, Constance; Ryan, James D. (2006). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Infobase Publishing...
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    between the Devas and Asuras (demon) during the churning of Ocean of Milk for Amrita, the ambrosia. Asuras were able to overpower Devas at one point of time...
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    the role of benevolent protagonists; in the Samudra Manthana, Vasuki, a nagaraja who abides on Shiva's neck, became the churning rope for churning of...
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