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Elsewhere are more specific accounts of the development of the universe undertaken by Brahma , the creator - god born from the navel of Vishnu . Brahma made the planets and stars and all the thousands of demi - gods , each of whom was ...
Elsewhere are more specific accounts of the development of the universe undertaken by Brahma , the creator - god born from the navel of Vishnu . Brahma made the planets and stars and all the thousands of demi - gods , each of whom was ...
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VISHNU THE TWO GREAT deities to emerge from the early myths are Vishnu and Shiva , the gods of Maintenance and Destruction respectively . Both have their ardent devotees who honour them as the Supreme Deity , and their separate ...
VISHNU THE TWO GREAT deities to emerge from the early myths are Vishnu and Shiva , the gods of Maintenance and Destruction respectively . Both have their ardent devotees who honour them as the Supreme Deity , and their separate ...
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On the advice of Vishnu they made a pact to co - operate together . Vishnu told them to throw all kinds of vegetables , grass , creepers and herbs into the Ocean of Milk and churn it . To churn the ocean they would have to use the ...
On the advice of Vishnu they made a pact to co - operate together . Vishnu told them to throw all kinds of vegetables , grass , creepers and herbs into the Ocean of Milk and churn it . To churn the ocean they would have to use the ...
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