--- In [email protected], "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> To All:
>
> These flying machines are mentioned often in the Shrimad
Bhagavatam
> too. In one story, a king riding in his flying machine witnessed
> Shiva and Parvati in a sensual embrace, while they were giving
> darshan (lecture perhaps?) to a group of brahmins. The king
mocked
> the two demigods for their behaviour. Thus, Parvati, who was
> embarassed, cursed the king to be reborn as a demon in his next
birth.
>
> On another matter, in his commentary to the Shrimad Bhagavatam,
> Prabhupada stated that the ancient kings of Egypt originally came
> from India. They were driven out of India by a previous
incarnation
> of Krishna (Parasurinam?)
How about Parashu-raama (axe-raama):
1 parazurAma m. `" Rama with the axe "'N. of one of the three Ra1mas
(son of Jamad-agni and sixth Avata1ra of Vishn2u , he was a typical
Bra1hman and his history typifies the contests between the Brahmans
and Kshatriyas) Ka1v. Pur. MWB. xiii , 1 RTL. 110 ; 270 (also %{-
ka})
1 parazu m. a hatchet , axe , the axe of a woodcutter ; (Naigh. ii ,
20) a thunderbolt RV. &c. &c. ; N. of a king MBh. ; w.r. for %
{parzu} q.v. [Cf. Gk. $ , &181040[589 ,2] &c.]
because of injustices in their management
> of the people's affairs.
>
