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In the Hindu myth of the churning of the ocean, the opposing forces of the devas and asuras churn the milky ocean manthan and something new, the nectar, emerges.
Archive 2005-11-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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In the Hindu myth of the churning of the ocean, the opposing forces of the devas and asuras churn the milky ocean manthan and something new, the nectar, emerges.
Gurdjieff and Ouspensky Tusar N Mohapatra 2005
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In the story of the Kurma Avatara mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana, during the Samudra manthan, the churning of the oceans by the devas and the asuras, fourteen ratnas were ferreted out and the last one to emerge was Dhanvantari, carrying Amrita, the elixir of life.
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Shri Vishnu came as kurma or turtle to prevent mount mandara from sinking as the churning was on going .... my question is about the various celestrial beings and items that were got from the samudra manthan .... why did they come out only in that particular order from the heavenly nymphs
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One of the main reasons for this could be that more than elections, or rags-to-riches Bollywood fantasies cricket has come to be identified as part and parcel of the continuing manthan, the great social churning of the Indian cauldron.
The Times of India 2009
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Hopefully, all our systemic pitfalls will precipitate through Gowda’s manthan, and new rules are put in place.
Archive 2007-11-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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(apsaras) to finally the amrit ... why did the devtas and asuras continue the samudra manthan even after they got the amrit? even after they got back all their possessions ....
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