#panchakanya

[krsnaradhika]

can I ask about what the drama around "palace of illusions" is about and why it's bad?

Hey! Sure thing. Lemme list my problems with the book :-

1) The author presents Karna as some tragic hero compelled to be in the company of Duryodhana who clearly committed multiple murder attempts, went on to sexually harrass his sister-in-law and troubled another woman during the Ghosha yatra. Karna was NOT an outcaste. He was a Suta— meaning one with a Brahmin mother and a Kshatriya father. Adhiratha, Karna's adoptive father, was a wealthy man as he was Bhishma's charioteer. Keep in mind that charioteers used to play important roles in warriors' lives - as advisers, close friends and well-wishers. Krishna was the charioteer of Arjuna. Karna had all the opportunities the Pandavas didnt. He had parents who loved him, while the Pandavas were left halfly orphaned with the death of Pandu and Madri. Veda Vyasa describes Karna as "the trunk of the tree of adharma".

2) The Karna Draupadi ship is bullshit because Karna called the latter a whore during the disrobing sequence as well as presented the idea of "there should be no clothes on servants." Yes, Karna was the one who suggested her public sexual assault. She had blood stains on her garment and was dragged into the court of nefarious men by her hair. People who blame her for the assault inflicted on her are sick and need serious psychological help. You cannot defend attempted rape as one with working braincells.

3) So, shipping a victim with her abuser is not fun y'all. This is not some mentally unstable wattpad dark romance. It's itihāsa. The true history of Bhāratavarsha. Let's draw the line. She was an ekavastraa (meaning a woman in a single cloth, as she was menstruating) during the attempt at disrobing, and the man who called for it shouldn't be hailed. Karna also lied to Parashurama of his caste due to which he got cursed, had an unhealthy obsession with Arjuna and because he wanted to kill him for competition, Drona did not provide him with the knowledge of celestial weapons.

4) It is an ignominy against Lady Draupadi to ship her with anyone apart from her husbands because clearly, the Mahabharata says that she's Indra's wife Shachi while the Pandavas are the cursed five Indras of different kalpas. It is . . . not nice to ship one's wife with another man. It is creepy. Draupadi is one of the panchakanya, one of the five pious women whose names if chanted with sincerity wash off one's sins. She expresses her pride over her husbands multiple times in the text because all of them cherish her to no end. Yudhishthira does not hesitate on the fact that Draupadi is the five brothers' fortune, calls her ‘Kalyani’. Bhima kills Keechaka for her, threatening the revealing of their identities. Arjuna becomes Brihannala and spends most of the time near her during the incognito. In the book, however, the Pandavas do not give a damn about her. Yikes.

5) The book says that Draupadi faced prejudice because of her dark skin. I call bullshit again because Madreya Nakula, Partha Arjuna, Krishnatmika Devi Rukmini according to the Harivamsha, Devi Shri Jambavati (who is said to have a blue lotus like complexion), and lastly Shri Rama and Shri Krishna themselves are dark according to our scriptures. And, none of them faced discrimination because of it. Kanha is in fact called "Bhuvansundar" - the most beautiful one on the earth while Draupadi herself is hailed as one of the most beautiful women canonically.

6) Draupadi was never attracted to Karna. Neither did she pine for him, as the author portrays. Sheesh. Please please, we do whatever with human characters. But with divine ones, you have to be careful with the message you get across. This book is saying that ancient india was casteist and colorist, literally the times when the son of a fisherwoman, Veda Vyasa became a Brahmin and the said fisherwoman went on to become a queen mother of one of the most influential dynasties back then. Krishna was raised a cowherd, though a prince. He went on to become the most erudite diplomat and established Dvaraka, which was en engineering marvel as it was constructed on reclaimed land.

7) According to the author . . . Draupadi felt something more than just friendship for Krishna too. Heavens, I can't do this. Let's normalise a man and a woman being just friends now, shall we? Krishna is Mahavishnu, he's not supposed to invoke romantic feelings in Draupadi who is Shachi, Indra's wife. Indra and Upendra (Vishnu) are brothers, since Vāmanadeva was born of Mata Aditi's womb, who is Indra's mother and of all the Adityas' too.

[ssj2hindudude]

Hey!!!

So, you seem to analyze Aru Shah things pretty well. I saw some of your posts, and they're pretty interesting. I have some questions for you. Prepare yourself. >:)

Why are there only four panchkanya(autocorrect changed this to "pancake" lmao)? Panch means five and kanya means woman, meaning there should be five. But Sheela and Nikita share one mother. Do you have any theories/thoughts?

Also, in cog, during the 8 month time gap, it is said that the Potatoes would always meet at Aiden's house for dinner parties, which suggests that Kara and the Jagan twins knew/saw each other. But in noi, Kara doesn't recognize Sheela in her dreams. Why?

I would love to hear your thoughts. I have a lot more, so prepare yourself, dude.

I'll see what I can do.

Why 4 Panchkanya?

According to Google, the Panchakanya were a group of 5 iconic women. 4 were from the Ramayan (Ahalya, Sita, Tara, and MandodarI) while the only one from the Mahabharata was Draupadi. So, to answer the question, they weren't their moms, just five figures meant to portray the ideal wife. It's like a club that Aiden doesn't know he's a part of.

If the potatoes have dinner parties in Book 4, how did Kara not know Sheela in her dreams?

Assuming that the twins actually showed up to the gatherings (Nikita didn't think it was a waste of a portal, Sheela actually got out of bed, their parents were cool with them being out that late, etc.)

The main theory I can think of is that when Kara was meeting Sheela, it wasn't really a lucid dream. Instead, Kara was still a little out of it (especially with the Sleeper making her work for hours straight) and her perception in the dreams weren't enough for her to put two and two together. Another theory is that Sheela can alter her appearance slightly in the dreams world so no one recognizes her.

[underground-hip-hop-affiliated]

as Brother Panic pointed out;

“Bitch”, “Cunt” etc originally weren’t derogatory terms.. “bitch” means female dog, Dog-God, Dog-Star (planet Sirius), the Dogon.

“Cunt” Kunti - Hindu maiden (Panchakanya),Kundi-lini (Kundalini) …

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[star-arcana]

@bramble-scramble The meaning of the word Kanya in hindi is virgin though, which means that Kanya really is meant to represent a young, "pure" woman who has not lost her virginity yet...I am kinda the same, but male...

If she is the first one, her being called woman would be quite fitting with Cursa being coded female as she became as such with Rosalina as host. It would also be symbolic of her creation using the moniker of a pure Maiden representing beauty and innocence. In hindu circles, being Kanya is seen as something desirable and there is a group of 5 Kanyas who are knows as the Panchakanya. While not all of them were virgins in the sense of having only one partner, they represent dharma (righteousness) for standing up to themselves and cleasing the world of great sins and thus helping the world alongside. They are paragon of womanhood and ideal wives. Heroes within their own right, they are venerated.

Cursa, as I mentioned last year possibly created Edge and Kanya to be counterparts to Mario and Luigi, who are heroes. Thus Cursa would create her own dark heroes to defeat them. Kanya, being seen as an ideal of great womanhood, was something Cursa used to create her own Spark Hunters as dark counterparts and shadows of this symbol of good and purity as she is a being that corrupts everything, even purity itself. So her name Kanya has a deep meaning of her being a mockery of Maidenhood, a perversion of Cursa to take something seen as good to corrupt it into unadulterated evil or rather create something that imitates the greatness of good for evil, pure evil.

Cursa is quite diabolical now with that context isn't she?

So we probably get an actual Last Spark Hunter trailer at the Direct tomorrow, and the news article (which seems to no longer exist) was accidentally posted early. Right?

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[herawell]

Panchakanya meme

Send me a character from any of my fandoms and I’ll write a ficlet for one prompt from each of the following categories.

Ahalya

an important first for them || deception || disguise || something they waited for || kill two birds with one stone

Draupadi

one grudge they held || favorite hairstyle || baptism of fire || five finger discount || one big change that they wrought

Sita

friends are the family we choose for ourselves || green thumb || captive audience || no good deed goes unpunished || true blue

Tara

one prediction they made || communal cup || one injury/wound/illness they healed or cured || on the tail end || keen acumen

Mandodari

frog in boiling water || mother lode || hospitality in a time of war || one time they intervened || labor of love

[mplanetleaf]

Amazing Panchakanya Stuti in Sanatana Dharma! | పంచ కన్యల గురించి మీకు త...

[vaijayantheee]

Rambha for the Panchakanya meme!

Wow, what an amazing ask! I just can’t think of one for the last two, so sorry but its just ‘Trikanya’ meme for Rambha! I literally know so little about her!!!

Ahalya

an important first for them || deception || disguise || something they waited for || kill two birds with one stone

Being a stone was not fun, but Rambha knew that she had brought this upon herself, as she longingly, but patiently waited for the event, or the person, that would come relieve her from Vishwamitra’s curse, just as Ram had saved Ahalya in a previous time. 

Draupadi

one grudge they held || favorite hairstyle || baptism of fire || five finger discount || one big change that they wrought

Nalkuber’s loving hugs pacified her, as she sensed his simultaneous anger and helplessness in his trembling arms. The Demon-Lord was cruel, powerful and full of lust, a combination not safe for any person in the universes. Rambha herself had heard much about the way her husband’s notorious step-uncle had kept many beautiful girls as captives in his beautiful garden, which was only lacking in the natural beauty due to the countless distress it held within. She watched then, as Nalkuber wiped away his own tears and stood up, frowning with determination, and set off, weapon-less, to the court of Lankeshwar. 

Sita

friends are the family we choose for ourselves || green thumb || captive audience || no good deed goes unpunished || true blue

The forest was blooming with activity that day, and Rambha sighed with a form of relief. Indra had entrusted her to carry out this mission, but he had also aptly given Manmadha the task of setting the environment in the place where Vishwamitra’s penance was to be broken. This was a job she often did, gaining success too many times, having an amazing skill over music and dance, two arts that always ensure distraction! But something in her mind warned her about this sage, who was known for his enmity with Vasishtha that drove his motivation and his sudden eruptions of anger, but Rambha shook it off. What was the worst that could happen from a sage whose name literally meant “friend of the universe”? 

[arundhati-shah4]

Aaditya/Mini's Brother: [watching tv]

Mrs. Kapoor: Hey, no TV until your homework is done.

Aaditya: It's getting done.

Mrs. Kapoor: Not with you sitting HERE, it isn't.

Aaditya: Mini is reading my book for me. After I'm done watching TV, she'll tell ME what the book was about, and I'll tell HER what the TV shows were about! See, we're doing twice as much in the same amount of time!

(a little later, in Aaditya's room)

Aaditya: Mom says YOU should watch TV, and I should read the dumb book.

Mini: Ugh, I only like food shows.

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[kaurvakimanu]

Draupadi and her sons, lost Abhimanyu the son she never had, as we know she was married to the 5 Pandavas and loved Arjun the most but he love 2 of his other wives, Subhadra Krishna sister fave birth to Abhimanyu who Draupadi loved more than her own children.

Lost Abhimanyu on the 13th day of war and her sons where murdered 18th Day, the last day of war at night!

Past life was Chaya Sita apart of Sita and Avatar of Lakshmi, why did she suffer away from her sons during her rule after the war!

The 5th PanchaKanya!