Questions tagged [asking-questions]
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How to answer questions about the status of divine weapons?
How do we answer questions such as:
What happened to the Vijaya bow after Karna's death?
What did the Pandavas do with the oldest sword in the world?
What happened to the Akshaya Patra after the ...
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Should we close questions asking for "authentic" translations as opinion-based?
Authentic text of Surya Siddhanta English Translation lists several English translations and then asks which among them is "authentic"?
Now who is supposed to qualify any particular translation as "...
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Are we allowed to edit a question so much that answers don't make sense anymore?
There may be many others that fall under this category, but for the sake of discussion, let's look at:
Is there a scriptural basis for Out-of-India hypothesis?
To be fair to answers written prior to ...
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Should we allow "How do I prove something", "How can I refute this argument" type of questions?
Examples:
How do I prove casteism is not an inherent part of Hinduism?
Feminist's claim that the Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata were written by male writers
(my own question from early days on ...
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What might be the reasons for downvotes on these two questions?
Both the following questions asked by me contain one downvote each
Which scriptures say that eating rice mixed with milk at night increases one's life span while eating curd at night decreases it?
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The Validity of my question
I had posted a question 4 days ago regarding Black Magic
My Question:- How should one know if he is under Black Magic\evil spirits?
I have asked the symptoms one will have when he is under Black magic ...
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Let's define the purpose of "history" tag on this site
If OP uses the history tag does it automatically indicate to the audience that OP only wants answers from a historical perspective?
E.g.,
If OP wants to know the (biological) father of a certain ...
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Is asking for a natural explanation for a supernatural event allowed on this site?
The birth of Vyāsa's son, Śuka, is narrated in the Mahābhārata as follows:
Bhishma said. 'The son of Satyavati having obtained this high boon from the great God, was one day employed in rubbing his ...
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Is the question "Hinduism ever tried to enfold Christianity" valid for the site? Please explain why
Is the following question valid for the site? Yes or No? Why?
Has Hinduism ever tried to enfold Christianity (or other semitic religions)?
There is lot of comparison of religions going on in both ...
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I can't access my asked question anymore?
I asked a question as a guest, with my name as Navik and later on decided to register on the website. So I went ahead and now I'm a registered user but I have now lost access to the question that I ...
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A question that is answering itself
I am not talking about self answered questions.
Suppose the body of a question has answered itself. In that case, what action shall we take? Shall we close the question? If yes under what reason?
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Was it reasonable to close this question as opinion-based?
Are both Shiva and Vishnu considered supreme as per Vedas?
This question has been put on hold as "primarily opinion-based" by a mod. The automatic reason stated in the banner is:
Many good ...
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