Markandeya (मार्कण्डेय) is a rishi (sage) featured in Hindu literature. He is the son of the sage Mrikanda and his wife, Manasvini. The Markandeya Purana (one of the eighteen…
Savitri (सावित्री) and Satyavan (सत्यवान) are a legendary couple in Hinduism. Savitri is a princess who marries an exiled prince named Satyavan,…
Rishyasringa (ऋश्यशृंग) is a rishi mentioned in Hindu and Buddhist scriptures from the late first millennium BCE. The story of Rishyasringa briefly appears in the Ramayana, while…
Urvashi (उर्वशी) is the most prominent apsara mentioned in the Hindu scriptures like the Vedas, the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, as well as the Puranas. She is regarded as the…
Damayanti (दमयन्ती) is a figure in a love story found in the Vana Parva book of the Mahabharata. She is the daughter of…
Shakuntala (शकुन्तला) is a celebrated heroine in Indian literature, best known for her portrayal in the ancient Sanskrit play Abhijnanashakuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala), written…
The Ramayana (रामायण) also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as an Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of…
The Mahabharata (महाभारत) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Ramayaṇa. It narrates the events and…
Vishnu Smriti (विष्णु स्मृति) is one of the latest books of the Dharmaśāstra tradition in Hinduism and the only one which does not deal…