The asuras (left) and devas (right) churn the Ocean of Milk.
Hindu legend
Various scenes from the Samudra Manthana episode
The Samudra Manthana (Sanskrit: समुद्रमन्थन, lit. 'churning of the ocean') is a major episode in Hinduism that is elaborated in the Vishnu Purana, a major text of Hinduism.[1] The Samudra Manthana explains the origin of the elixir of eternal life, amrita.
^Chaturvedi, B. K. (2006). Vishnu Purana. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. ISBN 978-81-7182-673-5.
The SamudraManthana (Sanskrit: समुद्रमन्थन, lit. 'churning of the ocean') is a major episode in Hinduism that is elaborated in the Vishnu Purana, a major...
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of Lakshmi. In Padma Purana, the cosmology includes her where the SamudraManthana creates both good and bad of everything that emerges. That which is...
Kashyapa and Kadru. He is accorded a significant role in the legend of SamudraManthana. He is described to have allowed both the devas and the asuras to bind...
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amrita, the elixir of immortal life. The episode is mentioned in the SamudraManthana chapter of the Puranas, a body of ancient Hindu legends. The Kshira...
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gardens, which was planted there by Indra after it emerged from the SamudraManthana, the churning of the ocean. Due to its location, Svarga is called Tridiva...
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famous leap over to the island of Lanka. Jambavan was present at the SamudraManthana, and is supposed to have circled Vamana 21 times in a single leap,...
originated in times immemorial and is attested in the Hindu mythology about SamudraManthana (lit. churning of the ocean) found in the Vedic texts. Historians,...
accept Varuni (see Kurma). According to the Vishnu Purana, during the SamudraManthana or the "churning of the ocean", the daityas came to be known as asuras...
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Jain cosmology and Buddhism. The Kalpavriksha originated during the SamudraManthana or the "churning of the ocean" along with Kamadhenu, the divine cow...
"throat"). Since Shiva drank the Halahala poison churned up from the SamudraManthana to eliminate its destructive capacity. Shocked by his act, Parvati...
immortality and decided to churn the Kshira Sagara with Mount Mandhara. The SamudraManthana commenced with the devas on one side and the asuras on the other. Vishnu...
said to have assumed the form of the crow in some versions of the SamudraManthana episode. A pot of amrita (elixir of life) emerged from the churning...
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from her. She manifested as the mother of Shiva after the incident of SamudraManthana to heal him as her child. Tara is of a light blue complexion. She has...
born from Shiva's rage, marries her. Angered by the outcome of the SamudraManthana, Jalandhara wages a successful war on the devas, conquering Svarga...
told him how Vishnu had severed Rahu's head during the episode of the SamudraManthana. The asura came to believe that the devas had treacherously taken his...
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