- A poor Brahman lost his bull (The gods were testing him)
- Him and his sister performed a religious ceremony to the goddess of love, Paravati.
boon.
- The Brahman became King and his sister (now a princess) married Yama, the god of death
- Now Yama told her not to go near the southern portion of the grounds around the house
- Of course her curiosity overcame her and she saw women who have sinned burning...
including her own mother!
- She begged Yama to let her mother go, he said it could only be bought with a portion of her brothers reward.
- Her last resort was disguising herself as a Shepherdess and present herself to Gautama who was also reaping benefits like her brother.
The Goddess Who Devoured Elephants
- 2 wives married to a rich merchant
- Lahana was better loved the two wives, needless to say did not get along!
- Lahana got Khullana banned and she was forced to tend to a flock of goats to earn a living.
- Chilean heard a noise from a nearby town and went to check it out. They were performing a religious ceremony to Mangal- Chandi who brings fortune to whoever.
- Chilean then decided to perform these ceremonies with what little she had.
bring her back with him.
- Years passed and Khullana gave birth to a son while her husband was gone trading.. He never returned so her son grew up not knowing his father.
- Her son wanted to go searching for his father but not without performing a ceremony to Mangal- Chandi.
- Turns out Khullana's husband saw a lady in a lotus devouring two elephants... the king in that town did not like this and sent him to prison.
- Now when the son went through, he saw the same thing but the king did not believe him and ordered him to die.
- Now Mangal- Chandi visited the king in his dreams and showed him the woman in the lotus holding the two elephants and bade him he let the son and husband go.
- They arrived home and lived happily ever after
The Slayer of Kangsa
- Kangsa, king of Mathura was a harsh tyrant and Basundhara went to heaven to complain to Shiva.
- The gods assembled together in front of Vishnu to advocate fro Basundhara
- Turns out Vishnu was the one that made king Mathura great bc he had pleased him at one time.
- So vishnu is going to rise again born to king Kangsa's sister
- and Paravati be born again as well!
- The king was killing all the babies in fear they were to kill him. Reminds me of the Bible story about Moses and the Pharaoh.
- Anyway, Vishnu's reincarnated self was able to escape this death with the help of Paravati and Vishnu's reincarnation grew up to slay the king.
Chand, The Unbeliever
- Mahadeo, greatest god of heaven, visited Earth in human form and met a young girl in a lower caste. Neither cared and she gave birth to a girl but she was already full grown.... they named her Padma.
- Kinda odd. Padma's mother grew jealous of her and clawed one of her eyes out. Mahadeo cried and another woman appeared out of his tears.... he sent this woman and Padma off.
but he refused to accept her and not worship her.
- she was like oh nu uh! and after giving birth to a bunch of snakes had them kill his 6 sons
- The guy with the 6 sons eventually had another son and he got married when he was of age but still refused to praise Padma so she killed him too
- The wife eventually found parma and she indeed brought him back to life and the rich guy praised her.
- and then she brought all his sons back to life!
Bibliography: Sacred Tales of India. D.N. Neogi. Illustrated by P. Ghose. 1916.
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