WRITTEN by London Swaminathan
swami_48@yahoo.com
Date: 16 October 2018

Time uploaded in London – 17-25

(British Summer Time)

Post No. 5548

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ACROSS

1.FAMOUS EPIC

5.VEDIC GODDESS; DAUGHTER OF MANU AND SRADDHA

6.CELESTIAL MUSICIAN

9.STRONGEST OF THE PANDAVA BROTHERS

10. A SAINT WHOSE BODY WAS BENT DUE TO SOUND EFFECT

12.BOOK CONTAINING FIRE SACRIFICE POCEDURES

14..KRISHNA’S DEAREST FRIEND

15.ANOTHER NAME OF SUN

16.WIFE OF INDRA

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2.LONGEST EPIC IN THE WORLD

3.OLDEST BOOK IN THE WORLD

4.ONE OF THE THREE BOOKS CALLED PRASTHANA TRAYA

6.SIVA AND VISHNU

7.LIFE STORY OF KRISHNA; ONE OF 18 PURANAS

8.HOLY BOOK MEANING KNOWLEDGE

11.SHORT AND PITHY FORMULA; SUFFIX OF MANY BOOKS

13.NAME OF GODDESS MEANING WAVE

17. GOD’S NAME; SUFFIX OF SIVA

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SOLUTION TO PUZZLE 2

PUZZLE 2

ACROSS

1.YAYATI—SON OF KING NAHUSA; EARLY ANCESTOR OF KURU DYNASTY

7.URVASI–ENCHANTING  APSARAS OF HEAVEN

9.RAMA–BROTHER OF LAKSHMANA

11.AKALI–SIKH TERM; SIKH POLITICAL GROUP

12.BALI–DEMON KING KILLED BY VAMANA

13.Kali–GODDESS OF DESTRUCTION

14.ojas–MIGHT, POWER

15.anga–A MLECHA KING; ALSO COUNTRY RULED BY KARNA

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2.amrita—HEAVENLY ELIXIR

3.ambalika—DAUGHTER OF KASI RAJA; SISTER OF AMBA

4.agni–GOD OF FIRE

5.drona—TEACHER OF PANDANAS AND KAURAVAS

6.rishi–SEER

8.apsaras—-HEAVENLY BEAUTIES

10.rohini—MOON’S FAVOURITE WIFE; ALSO NAME OF BALARAMA’S MOTHER

14.om—PRIMORDIAL SOUND MANTRA

16.shibi–GREAT KING WHO GAVE HIS FLESH TO A BIRD

–subham—