samudra manthana
samudra manthanaThe churning of the ocean of milk by the gods and demons to obtain amrita, the nectar of immortality.
Where this term appears
- The Kumbh Mela Temples
The churning of the ocean The myth behind the pot is one of the great Puranic narratives, the Samudra Manthana , the churning of the ocean of milk.
- Who is Lakshmi? Deities
Risen from the ocean, wedded to the preserver The story that fixes Lakshmi's place in the cosmos is the churning of the ocean of milk, the samudra manthana , told in the Puranas and the epics.
- Who is Shiva? Deities
…8.7 and Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.9; the great churning of the ocean itself, the samudra-manthana , is told already in the Mahābhārata , in the Ādi Parva.
- The Pot of Nectar Treatise
The churning of the ocean The myth is one of the oldest in the tradition, the samudra manthana , the churning of the ocean of milk.
- Kamala: The Lotus at the End of the Garland Treatise
…fortune, and her great myth is the churning of the ocean of milk, the samudra-manthana , from which Sri-Lakshmi rises on a lotus as the most precious of all the treasures the churning yields.