The Supreme Yoga: A New Translation of the Yoga Vasistha
author: Swami Venkatesananda
edition: 2013, New Age Books
pages: 777
ISBN-13: 9788178222608
Topic: Hinduism
Chapter 3 - The Story of Bali
This page describes The Story of Bali which is Chapter 3 on pages 241-249 in the book: The Supreme Yoga by Swami Venkatesananda. This is a modern English translation of the Yogavasishtha (तारा, yoga-vasishtha) in two volumes, entitled ‘the supreme yoga’. 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...
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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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[The Supreme Yoga: A New Translation of the Yoga Vasistha: index]
[Preface]
[Foreword]
[Introduction]