Indian Epics Blog

  Parvati, her son, and her vahana: Wikipedia Vahanas I started with the vahanas because that is what my storybook is about. Many gods have vahanas that show a variety of animals. I was curious about the list of deities that used animal mounts, which led me to my next article. List of Deities After looking over the list, a couple of deities caught my eye in particular. I decided to click on Devi, which is the Sanskrit term for goddess. As I find goddess figures to be really intriguing, I was excited to learn about them and their vahanas. Devi On this Wikipedia page, there are many goddesses that caught my eye. Many, if not all, of the goddesses I clicked on had vahanas. I found Parvati's vahana the most interesting, so I clicked on her. Parvati Parvati is the Hindu goddess for love, fertility, beauty, and other things similar in nature. In Hinduism, she is the mother-goddess. She is usually seen with her mount, Dawon. Dawon is typically a lion, but sometimes he is a tiger.

  Mobile App: Pixabay I chose to do the Canvas Mobile App tech tip because I think it is really beneficial for college students. Downloading the mobile app was really helpful for me as a student because I would never miss graded assignments being released, teacher announcements, and it was easy to look at the calendar for assignment due dates.  This app is SO easy to download, as you just go to the app store and you are done! The easy access to the download of the app as well as it is so beneficial that it would be silly not to have it. I hope anyone who has not downloaded this app will do so.

  The Blue Diamond Gallery: Happiness The challenge I am choosing to do for the week is the Happiness Jar. This is when you write something down that made you happy and stick it in a jar! At the end of the week, you read all of the notes and remember everything good that happened instead of the bad.  I chose this challenge because I have been really stressed lately. It is really easy to remember all of the bad things that happen instead of the good, especially in times of stress. Although I know I experience many more good things in my life, it is easy to dwell on the one bad thing from my week. I am hoping that this challenge will help me focus on all the good from my week and help with my stress!

  Dice: Quantamagazine I was strolling down the streets of Las Vegas, passing by all of the bright lights and the sounds of coin machines when I saw a casino that loomed over all of the others: The Crystal Palace. Now, me being a newbie in the area, I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I walked in between those doors. At the time, all I could focus on was the sparkle of the casino, which definitely fit its name perfectly. There were huge crystalline chandeliers hanging from the ceiling that were almost blinding to look at as well as a center bar that was encased with mirrors. Everything in casino seemed breakable to touch or too nice for me to feel comfortable to place my hand upon it. As I gazed around in wonder, I had not noticed two men coming down the stairs until the entire casino was in silence. Standing before me on the grand staircase were the two biggest casino leaders in Las Vegas: Mr. Pandava and Mr. D. No one knows what the mysterious Mr. D's real name is; ...

  Arjuna at the War: Flickr Yudhishthira makes one final plea for peace and sends Krishna as an emissary. Dhritarashtra hears of this and wants to host a lavish reception; however, many of his advisors tell him that Krishna has come for peace, not for a party. His son, Duryodhana, also hears of this and plans to take Krishna captive. When he meets with Krishna, he refuses to give peace and ignores the please of his mother. Krishna then transforms into his divine form at the reception, thus Duryodhana cannot capture him. Before returning to the Pandavas, Krishna tells Karna of his true heritage and tries to get him to ditch Duryodhana. However, he promises to only attack Arjuna and not the other four brothers. Now, it is time for the war to begin. Draupadi's brother is made the commander for the Pandavas while Bhishma is made the commander for Duryodhana's troops. Before the war begins, Arjuna is horrified at the thought of fighting his old master, Drona, and members of his own ...

  Duryodhana fighting Bhimsena: Flickr Dhritarashtra sends out spies to go watch the Pandavas; thus, he discovers the weapons that they have possessed. Duryodhana goes out and sets up a royal camp near where the Pandavas are living in order to try and humiliate them. In order to protect them, the gods send down a gandharva to provoke Duryodhana, which ends up with him being captured. The Pandavas discover this and free him, so ultimately, his plan to embarrass them backfired. The Pandavas return to the forest. One day, they are approached by a brahmin who begs for them to go capture a deer that has stolen what he needs to make a sacrificial fire. The Pandavas chase the deer, but to no end. They are all exhausted and look for water. One of the brothers finds a lake where a voice tells him to answer questions before drinking. Ignoring this, the brother takes a drink and dies. One by one this happens until Yudhishthira finds the lake. He answers the questions. We discover that this wa...