AsuraKiller203
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I have heard a legend about Mandodari this way:
Ravana did an intense tapasya to please Lord Shiv and Bholenath granted Ravana a boon. Ravana asked Shiv for his wife Parvati, Bholenath said tathastu. Bhagwan Shiv never denies his true devotees demands no matter what they are.
Mata Parvati was bathing in a lake nearby when her maids informed her of this. Paravati got angry at her husband for granting this boon. But decided to test Ravanas worthiness before before passing judgements and reaching pre-mature conclusions. She decided to make a beautiful woman that looked like her out of a frog (mandek). And placed her in another lake that was on the way.
Ravana having won the most desired woman was completely lost in his own tune and drunk on pride and power on the way to the lake. And upon seeing a very beatiful parvati look-alike assumed her to be the real deal and took her home with joy without doing any necessary fact-checking. This woman revealed herself to be made from a frog when in Lanka. Thus Mandodari means made from a frog. Mandodari is admired and counted among the 5/9 ideal women of hinduism along with Draupadi. Because she had many good qualities of Goddess Parvati.
A theory I have regarding ape-men and Vaanar is that Jamvantji and Vaanars may have been another species of homos that co-existed with homo sapiens in asia at that time. Till last year scientists believed there was a species of very short humans 4 feet tall and possibly another hybrid species that was made up of exceptionally tall humans living 25000 years ago. Now, last year new evidence came out proving that they existed as late as 8000 years ago in south asia. Greatness of Hinduism is that it continuously evolved and absorped new elements in it to give space to everyone. When reaching new lands and cultures, it blended them with pre-existing elements to give them their due rather than wiping them out like abrahamites. Story of Shri Rama (arya) might be a story of the modern homo sapiens immortalizing the contribution and memory of other human species (such as vaanars) in the human gene pool and society.
I know Vaanar literally means forest man and JamvantJi is the Bear-king or Bear/Man. Thus they could be just a different kind of human tribes as well. But the Kishkindha Kingdom of which hanumanJi was prime minister is thought to be a cave-dwelling civilization and those caves still exist in Karnataka today.
There are so many interesting ways to view and analyze our scriptures and history and there are so many Indian schools of thought. One thing is certain, any Indigenous school of thought is more genuine and useful than the western garbage we have been taught in the past.
Ravana did an intense tapasya to please Lord Shiv and Bholenath granted Ravana a boon. Ravana asked Shiv for his wife Parvati, Bholenath said tathastu. Bhagwan Shiv never denies his true devotees demands no matter what they are.
Mata Parvati was bathing in a lake nearby when her maids informed her of this. Paravati got angry at her husband for granting this boon. But decided to test Ravanas worthiness before before passing judgements and reaching pre-mature conclusions. She decided to make a beautiful woman that looked like her out of a frog (mandek). And placed her in another lake that was on the way.
Ravana having won the most desired woman was completely lost in his own tune and drunk on pride and power on the way to the lake. And upon seeing a very beatiful parvati look-alike assumed her to be the real deal and took her home with joy without doing any necessary fact-checking. This woman revealed herself to be made from a frog when in Lanka. Thus Mandodari means made from a frog. Mandodari is admired and counted among the 5/9 ideal women of hinduism along with Draupadi. Because she had many good qualities of Goddess Parvati.
A theory I have regarding ape-men and Vaanar is that Jamvantji and Vaanars may have been another species of homos that co-existed with homo sapiens in asia at that time. Till last year scientists believed there was a species of very short humans 4 feet tall and possibly another hybrid species that was made up of exceptionally tall humans living 25000 years ago. Now, last year new evidence came out proving that they existed as late as 8000 years ago in south asia. Greatness of Hinduism is that it continuously evolved and absorped new elements in it to give space to everyone. When reaching new lands and cultures, it blended them with pre-existing elements to give them their due rather than wiping them out like abrahamites. Story of Shri Rama (arya) might be a story of the modern homo sapiens immortalizing the contribution and memory of other human species (such as vaanars) in the human gene pool and society.
I know Vaanar literally means forest man and JamvantJi is the Bear-king or Bear/Man. Thus they could be just a different kind of human tribes as well. But the Kishkindha Kingdom of which hanumanJi was prime minister is thought to be a cave-dwelling civilization and those caves still exist in Karnataka today.
There are so many interesting ways to view and analyze our scriptures and history and there are so many Indian schools of thought. One thing is certain, any Indigenous school of thought is more genuine and useful than the western garbage we have been taught in the past.
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