The Mahābhārata (/məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətə, ˌmɑːhə-/ mə-HAH-BAR-ə-tə, MAH-hə-; Sanskrit: महाभारतम्, IAST: Mahābhāratam, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈbʱaːrɐt̪ɐm]) is one of...
97 KB (10,610 words) - 19:12, 9 October 2024
Gandhara', IAST: Gāndhārī) is a prominent figure in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. She was the princess of the Gandhara Kingdom and wife of Dhritrashtra...
13 KB (1,736 words) - 19:11, 11 September 2024
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa. At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas...
107 KB (14,412 words) - 06:22, 9 October 2024
Kurukshetra War (redirect from Mahabharata war)
(Sanskrit: कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध), also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, arising from a dynastic struggle between...
51 KB (5,657 words) - 08:53, 8 October 2024
Jarasandha. The legend of Bharata is featured in the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, where he is mentioned as the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. The story...
11 KB (1,176 words) - 10:14, 30 September 2024
Look up Mahabharata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana...
3 KB (372 words) - 22:58, 23 May 2024
(Sanskrit: अम्बा, romanized: Ambā) is a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. She is the eldest and most beautiful daughter of Kashya, the King of...
19 KB (2,483 words) - 11:57, 2 June 2024
romanized: Uttarā) was the princess of Matsya, as described in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. She was the daughter of King Virata and Queen Sudeshna, at whose court...
17 KB (1,889 words) - 09:56, 22 September 2024
अम्बिका, romanized: Ambikā) is the queen of Kuru Kingdom in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The second daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi and Kausalya, she is...
5 KB (450 words) - 01:38, 24 September 2024
The following is a list of the avataras of the epic Mahabharata, and their original devatas (deities) and others....
5 KB (19 words) - 20:35, 28 September 2024
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Krishna is the son of the Yaduvamsha chief Vasudeva and his wife Devaki. He is also widely known by his epithet, Vāsudeva...
16 KB (2,227 words) - 03:36, 8 October 2024
Bhanumati (wife of Duryodhana) (redirect from Bhanumathi (Mahabharata))
of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. In the epic itself, she is not given a name, and plays insignificant role. According to the Mahabharata, Duryodhana's wife...
12 KB (1,424 words) - 18:16, 29 September 2024
Karna (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
Sutaputra and Radheya, is one of the major characters in the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He is the son of Surya (the Sun deity) and princess Kunti (later the...
76 KB (9,892 words) - 15:09, 5 October 2024
should be peace among the Bhāratas. He is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Bahlika was the second of the three sons of Pratipa and his wife Sunanda...
5 KB (625 words) - 14:08, 14 June 2024
Bhishma (redirect from Bhishma Pratigya (Mahabharata))
of ancient Indian Kuru kingdom and is a major character of the epic Mahabharata and the protagonist of the Bhishma Parva episode. He was the supreme...
36 KB (4,597 words) - 23:38, 25 September 2024
Kali Yuga (section References in the Mahabharata)
and hypocrisy". A complete description of Kali Yuga is found in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. According to P. V. Kane...
26 KB (2,691 words) - 02:57, 2 October 2024
Vyasa (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
regarded as the author of a number of Hindu texts, including the epic Mahābhārata. Vyasa is also regarded by many Hindus as a partial incarnation (Sanskrit:...
30 KB (3,431 words) - 16:44, 4 October 2024
Madhavi (princess) (redirect from Madhavi (Mahabharata))
princess and a female ascetic, whose story appears in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. She was the daughter of King Yayati. Madhavi's primary appearance is...
28 KB (3,838 words) - 04:56, 8 October 2024
Ashwatthama (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
Drauni, was a warrior of the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. He was the son of Drona and Kripi. In the Mahabharata, he served as a friend to Duryodhana, the...
19 KB (2,284 words) - 22:43, 4 October 2024
Pañcāla (redirect from Panchala Kingdom (Mahabharata))
mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Puranas. King Drupada, whose daughter Draupadi was married into the Pandavas in the Mahabharata, belonged to the...
19 KB (2,045 words) - 04:15, 5 October 2024
Wives of Karna (redirect from Padmavati (Kashidasi Mahabharata))
about marital life of Karna, one the prominent figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, is hardly provided in the narrative. His wives are unnamed and belonged...
8 KB (1,035 words) - 16:27, 12 August 2024
Upapandavas (redirect from Sutasoma (Mahabharata))
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the Upapandavas (IAST: Upapāṇḍava, Sanskrit: उपपाण्डव, lit. junior Pandavas), also known as Pandavaputras (IAST: Pāṇḍavaputra...
11 KB (1,257 words) - 19:52, 4 August 2024
The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Hindu epic Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured...
10 KB (965 words) - 01:41, 30 September 2024
Kuru kingdom (redirect from Kuru kingdom (Mahabharata))
Kurus continued into the post-Vedic period, providing the basis for the Mahabharata epic. The Kuru kingdom corresponds with the archaeological Painted Grey...
23 KB (2,535 words) - 04:32, 7 October 2024
romanized: Uttarakumāra) is a prince of the Matsya Kingdom featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He is the eldest son of King Virata and his wife Sudeshna, at whose...
4 KB (551 words) - 05:17, 2 October 2024
Draupadi (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
Yajnaseni, is the main female protagonist of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata, and the wife of the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna...
74 KB (7,930 words) - 14:57, 5 October 2024
Parashurama (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
asked Sri Rama to destroy the fruits of his austerities. In the epic Mahabharata he was the guru of Bhisma, Drona, Rukmi and Karna. Lord Parshuram is...
32 KB (3,427 words) - 12:12, 9 October 2024
The Mahabharata Secret is the debut novel by Indian author Christopher C. Doyle and was released on 21 October 2013 by Om Books. The story follows Vijay...
13 KB (1,517 words) - 18:09, 6 June 2024
The Mahabharata (French: Le Mahabharata) is a French play, based on the Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata, by Jean-Claude Carrière, which was first staged in...
5 KB (644 words) - 13:59, 21 August 2024
Krishna (category Characters in the Mahabharata)
are generally titled as Krishna Līlā. He is a central figure in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Bhagavad Gita...
140 KB (15,058 words) - 06:42, 8 October 2024