2.Mahabali who was slain by Lord Vishnu in the Avatar of Vamana/Trivikrama.
3.Vyasa-who compiled the Vedas and wrote the Mahabharata,some consider him as an avatar of Vishnu, though his name does appear in the ten Avatars of Vishnu.
4.Hanuman-Disciple and devotee of Rama .
5.Vibheeshana-Brother of Ravana, who defected to Lord Rama.
6.Kripa-military guru of the princes in the Mahabharata.
7.Parashurama-Avatar of Vishnu.
The common criteria for all the immortals is Bhakthi, surrender to God.
All of them are the devotees of Lord Vishnu, except Parashurama, who was a devotee of Lord Shiva.
For Aswathama, Immortality has been granted as a Curse.
Post follows on this.
In addition to this there are eight more Immortals.
They are,
Jambavan, Markandeya, Devapi, Maru, Saptarishis, Bhusunda (Crow),Banasur(son of King Bali) by Boon of Shiva, and Udal.
Of these eight Chiranjeevis, Udal seems to be an interpolation after 13th Century.
“Udal (full name Udai Singh) was a Rajput general in the army of Chandel King Maharaj Parimard Dev Burman (also known as Parmal or Parimal) of Mahoba in 12th-13th century AD. He was younger brother of Alha. Parmal raised Udal as his own son, since he was born after the death of his father Dassraj, who – a general himself – was killed in the service of Parmal(wiki)
Valmiki himself is reported to have written more than one version, Adhyatma ramayana, AdbudaRamaya, among otheres.
One has to read Valmiki in the original to know how modern his story telling skilling technics are , with crisp or elaborate narration as required by the scene,descriptions of people and places, Imagery, most modern Flash back technics in story telling.
Some of the Sargas are the best screen plays ever conceived.
There is one verse which summarises the entire story of Ramayana of 24’000 couplets in one verse!
This also must have been by Valmiki himself, as I am of he opinion, given his skills, none other than Valmiki could have even conceived this Sloka.
And in such cases the punishment was severe by a Male dominated Vedic society.
I searched the texts , both the Sruthi and Smriti.
I have not been able to find a clear-cut definition of chastity of women relating to Physical interaction in the Vedas.
Corrections, inputs are welcome.
Smritis, especially the Manu Smriti is eloquent in describing the Adultery by men and the punishment to be meted out to them, the need to protect women
and how society will disintegrate because of a woman being not Chaste.
However I have not been able to locate the definition of Adultery by women specifically.
One finds the instance of Jamadagni, father of Parashurama, asking Parasuram to cut off his mother Renuka’s head.
That a part of her became to be worshiped as Mariamman is a different story.
There is also the instance of Lord Rama asking Sita to prove her chastity by Fire.
Compare this with the Panchakanyas, Five Virgins who are worshiped as the embodiment of Virtue and chastity in Hinduism.
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अहल्य द्रौपदी सीता तारा मन्दोदरी तथा
पञ्चकन्या स्मरेन नित्यं महा पातक नाशनं
Orthodox Hindus, especially Hindu wives, remember the Panchakanya in this daily morning prayer. Their names are extolled and the prayer is pratah smaraniya, prescribed to be recited in the early hours of the morning.
The panchakanya literally means five kanyas. Kanya may be translated as girl, daughter, maiden or virgin.
Though all being married, the choice of the word kanya, not nari(woman) or sati (chaste wife), seems interesting to scholar Pradip Bhattacharya”
Of these five,
Ahalya was violated by Indra,
Draupadi had five Husbands,
Tara lived with her husband Vaali’s Brother , Sugreeva.
Mandodai married Vibhishana, Ravanas’ brother, after Ravana’s death?
Only Sita fits the concept of Chastity and loayalty to the core!
That’s why She is treated as Moher by all, Thayar in Tamil.
To corroborate that further I shall be posting articles with Archelogical, Zoological evidence apart from references from Indian and Foreign literature.
After I posted on Ramayana Dateline, I have been asked to write on Mahabharata on similar lines.
This is a minefield.
One has to be remember that Ramayana had taken place in Treta Yuga while the Mahabharata took place in the Dwapara Yuga.
Treta Yuga lasted for 1,296,000 years and the duration of the Dvāpara-yuga is 864,000 years.
Mahabharata War took place towards the close of the Dwapara Yuga.
That is to say that the Ramayana and Mahabharata were separated by a minimum of 21,59000 Years.
Hereunder is provided a short table dates of important Mahabharat events in years. (Dates and Tithis in years in Rama Samvat assuming Shri Rama Samvat 1st January. 1 equivalent to 1st Jan 7323 B.C. Rama’s birth date has been conclusively proved to be 4th Dec. 7323 B.C.( “Vastav Ramayan“).
EVENT DATE
Going to forest 4th Sept. 5574 BC
Kitmeet Killed 7th Sept. 5574 BC
Going underground 19th May 5562 BC
Keechak killed 1st April 5561 BC
Anukeechak-Massacre 2nd April 5561 BC
End of secret life 9th April 5561 BC
Cows stolen 15th April 5561 BC
Arjuna exposed 16th April 5561 BC
All pandavas exposed 19th April 5561 BC
Marriage of Uttara 4th May.
& Abhimanyu.
Krishna set out for a treaty. 27th Sept.
Stay at Upaplavya 27th Sept.
Stay at Vrukshthala 28th Sept.
Dinner to Brahmins 29th Sept.
Entry into Hastinapur 30th Sept.
Krishna meets Kunti etc. 1st Oct.
Invited for meeting 2nd Oct.
First meeting 3rd Oct.
Second meeting and an attempt 4th Oct.
to arrest Krishna.
Third meeting Vishvaroopa 7th Oct.
Stay at Kunti 8th Oct.
Krishna meets Karna. War 9th Oct.
fixed.
Krishna returns 9th Oct.
Pandavas preparation 11th Oct.
Balaram's visit.
Mahabharat war started 16th Oct.
Abhimanyu killed 28th Oct. 5561 BC.
End of War 2nd November 5561 B.C.
Yudhishthira crowned 16th Nov. 5551 BC.
Bhishma expired 22nd Dec. 5561 BC
Pandava campaign 15th Jan. 5560 BC
for wealth
Parikshita born 28th Jan. 5560 BC
Pandavas return 25th Feb. 5560 BC
Ashvamedh Deeksha. 1st March 5560 BC
Return of Arjuna Horse 15th Jan. 5560 BC
Ashvamedh yajna 22nd Feb. 5559 BC
Dhrutarashtra went to forest 18th Aug. 5545 BC
Pandavas visited Kunti 18th Aug. 5543 BC
Vidura expired
Death of Kunti, Dhrutarashtra, Sept./Oct. 5541 BC
and Gandhari
Yadava Massacre 5525 B.C.Parikshit Dead 5499 B.C.
-P.V.Vartak, Swayambhu (in Marathi), Ved Vidnyana Mandal, Pune
All the twelve planets confirm their said positions on 16th October 5561 years B.C. along with two Amavasyas, two eclipses, Kshaya Paksha and a Comet. Thus, in all 18 mathematical positions fix the same date. Therefore, we have to accept this date of the Mahabharat War, if we want to be scientific. Please note that all the twelve planets will come in the same positions again only after 2229 crores of years. That means it will never happen again in the life of our earth, because life of the earth is only 400 crores of years. So the date of the Mahabharat War is pin-pointed as 16th October 5561 B.C..
The date of Ramayana is , the last recoded event for discusssion here, is ,
“Ravana is killed by Rama 15th November 7292 B.C.Rama returns to Ayodhya”
For Mahabharata,
Pandavas Going to forest 4th Sept. 5574 BC is the earliest event taken for discussion here.
The dudifference between the last event of Ramayana and the first event of Mahabharata event is,
7292-/5574 is only 1718 years!
So the difference between the last event of Ramayana and the first Mahabharata event is 7292-/5574. is 1718 Years!
Now to confound further,
'Yet cross indexing the various Purans and the Astrological data supported by actual Astronomical phenomena like Rama‘s Birth chart,Eclipses during Ramayana andMahabharata forces one to the conclusion that Lord Rama’s Death preceded Lord Krishna’s only by 200 years."
This anomaly can be answered only if one follows the concept of the theory of Cyclic Theory of Time.
Even if we accept this, there is still the point of reconciling 200 years.
But again, as Time calculation depends on the position of the observer, the dates mentioned and being proved n=by us might vary because our position differs from the recorded dates of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Citaton.
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/ancient/mahabharat/mahab_vartak.html
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