Fifty Stories from Yogavasishtha
author: Dr. Vijayshree
edition: 2006, Nag Publishers
pages: 130
ISBN-10: 8170816327
Topic: Hinduism
Chapter 20 - The story of Bali
This page describes the story of Bali which is Chapter 20 on page 56 in the book: Fifty Stories from Yogavasishtha by Dr. Vijayshree. This book has selected fifty stories from the Yogavasishtha (तारा, yoga-vasishtha), whose content relates to epic literature such as the Puranas. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “The story of Bali” according to 200 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
Story of Bali. A mighty monkey-king.Birth.Bali is the son of Indra. There is a story about the birth of Bali as follows:—Shilavati who was devoted to her husband once carried her husband Ugratapas who was a leper, on her shoulder to the house of a harlot one night. On the way they saw the hermit Animandavya, who had been placed on a trident by the order of the King, beating his limbs with agony. Lying on the trident he saw Ugratapas....
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Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: श्री-नारद उवाच बलि-पुत्रो महा-कायो नाम्ना मन्दगतिर् बली सर्व-शस्त्र-भृतां श्रेष्ठो लक्ष-नाग-समो बली shri-narada uvaca bali-putro maha-kayo namna mandagatir bali sarva-shastra-bhritam shreshtho laksha-naga-samo bali shri-narada uvaca—Shri Narada said; bali-putrah—the son of Bali; maha-kayah—with a great body; namna—by name; mandagatih—Mandagati; bali—powerful; sarva-shastra-bhritam—of they who wield weapons; shreshthah—the best; laksha-naga-samah—equal to...
Read full contents: Verse 5.11.13
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana [by Chaitali Kadia]
(I) verse 46 and 47 of the fiftieth chapter of Matsya Purana contain the story of the birth of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura from the wive of Vicitravirya. (II) Maharaja Bali s wife Sudeshnaand sage Dirghatama s Niyoga resulted as Bali s five Kshetraja sons named–Anga, Vanga, Suhya, Pundra and Kalinga. (III) King Pandu also had five Kshetraja sons. From Dharmaraja, Kunti gave birth Yudhishthira, from Vayu, Bhima, and from Indra, Arjuna....
Read full contents: Niyoga (inviting a widow to remarry)
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[Fifty Stories from Yogavasishtha: index]
[About the author (Dr. Vijayshree)]
[Preface]