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THE STORY OF #PĀṆINI
#SanskritStoryTime
Once upon a time around 500 BCE, in a town called Takshashila, there lived a boy named Pāṇini, and he was an utter fool. Everyone made fun of him for being a fool, and his parents and teachers thought he would amount to nothing.
#SanskritStoryTime
Once upon a time around 500 BCE, in a town called Takshashila, there lived a boy named Pāṇini, and he was an utter fool. Everyone made fun of him for being a fool, and his parents and teachers thought he would amount to nothing.
One day, he somehow got admitted to Takshashila University, where people came from far and wide to study. Perhaps his father knew someone there, or perhaps they took pity on him. He was a #Sanskrit #Grammar major. Grammar was the respectable subject to study at the time.
Perhaps he wanted to study #Yoga or something, but his father, like other South Asian dads, wanted his son to study the best thing for his future. It was something like SA dads wanting their kids to study #medicine or #engineering today.
#Holika was a demoness in Hindu Vedic scriptures, who was burnt to death with the help of God #Vishnu. She was the sister of King #Hiranyakashipu and aunt of #Prahlad. The story of #HolikaDahan signifies the triumph of good over evil.
As per According to
As per According to
#Bhagavat Purana,a king named #Hiranyakashipu who, like many demons and #Asuras, had the intense desire to be immortal. To fulfill this desire, he performed the required #Tapas or penances until he was granted a boon by #Brahma.
Since the Gods rarely granted immortality, he used his guile and cunning to get a boon that he thought made him immortal. The boon gave #Hiranyakashipu five special powers.
he could be killed by neither a human being nor an animal, neither indoors nor outdoors,
he could be killed by neither a human being nor an animal, neither indoors nor outdoors,
