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Urvashi means she who can control heart of others,”Ur” means heart and “vash” means to control. Earliest Vedic texts suggest, it was also the name for the dawn goddess. In the Vedas, the apsaras are water nymphs where in apsa means water, the one going in the waters or between the waters of the clouds. Often married to the gandharvas or or temptresses of Rishis. There are two types of Apsaras, namely, laukika (wordly) and daivika (divine). Thirty-four nymphs / Apsaras are specified of the first type and ten of the second type. These celestial beings are also known as vidyadhari or tep apsar.

Rishi Atri is one of the Manasputra of Brahma. Rishi Atri originated from the eyes of Lord Brahma and the Vishnu’s Dharma. Also known as ‘the Devourer’, Atri Rishi is an embodiment of the power of detachment. Rishi Atri is the Saptarishi in the seventh, i.e. the present Manvantara.

Shiva and Parvati observed Arjuna’s devotion and they felt compelled to grant him his desire. However, Shiva was not about to impart the knowledge of His potent Asthra / missile to the human without first testing him for his worthiness. Lord Shiva disguised himself as a Kirata Chief ( Kirata is a clan of mountain dwellers), and asked Goddess Parvati and some of his Ganas to dress up as Kirata women.

Kala Bhairava is the shortened form of Kaala Shakti Bhairava, the Lord who controls the Shakti of Kala – the Power of Time. A Fearsome Destroyer emanation of Lord Shiva, Whose name translates to the Terrifying Blackness of Time-Death The Sanskrit word ‘Kala’ simultaneously meaning ‘Black’, ‘Death’, and ‘Time’.