He darted in and out of the sea-monster’s mouth. Before the sea-monster could snap her jaws shut, he had escaped far beyond her reach
21 April,2024 04:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
And Hari, who was Vishnu, the shape-shifting householder, identified as bhagavan, the leader who apportions fairly to all in the group (sam-rajya)
14 April,2024 05:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Ram’s best friends were the “monkeys” of these Sala forests. He eventually made peace with the “demons” of the same forests.
07 April,2024 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Either because he did not provide the right fuel, or the fuel was damp, or maybe the offering was not combustible
31 March,2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
They reveal that Buddhism has all kinds of forms, not all pacifist.
24 March,2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
The more elite Kama-sutra and Ananga-ranga argued that erotic manuals ensured wives stayed faithful to their husbands.
17 March,2024 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Or, it may have something to do with the legend of a king who in adverse times was forced to serve as a cook and hide in another king’s kitchen.
10 March,2024 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Both the Deccan festival of Ugadi and the Malayali festival of Vishnu happen around the spring equinox, marking the start of the monsoon winds that took traders across the sea, from Arabia through India to Southeast Asia
03 March,2024 05:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
In Aitreya Brahmana (2.25), there was once a race between the devas to get a share of the Soma
25 February,2024 05:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Joseph is a character from the Old Testament or the Jewish Bible, who helped the Egyptian pharaoh to collect grain during years of harvest, which could be used during years of famine
18 February,2024 04:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt PattanaikADVERTISEMENT
