Nakula (Sanskrit: नकुल) was the fourth of the five Pandava brothers in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. He and his twin brother Sahadeva were...
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brothers in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. He and his twin brother Nakula were the sons of Madri, one of the wives of the Pandava patriarch Pandu...
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name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. They...
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List of characters in the Mahabharata (section Nakula)
characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi. On the opposing side, the...
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Madri (section Birth of Nakula and Sahadeva)
of Pandu, the king of the Kuru Kingdom. She is the mother of the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, the youngest of the five Pandava brothers. Madri is also the...
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god Surya and his wife Sanjna. In the epic Mahabharata, the Pandava twins Nakula and Sahadeva were the children of the Ashvins. The Sanskrit name Aśvín (अश्विन्)...
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the gods). She also chants the boon for Madri, and Madri obtains twins - Nakula and Sahadeva - from the Ashwini Kumaras. Gandhari is upset as Dhritrashtra...
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the common wife of the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. She is noted for her beauty, courage and polyandrous marriage...
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of Surya, before her marriage to Pandu. d: Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva were acknowledged sons of Pandu but were begotten by the invocation...
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faced many prominent warriors like Upapandavas, Drupada, Dhrishtadyumna, Nakula, Sahadeva, Virata and many more. During the Kurukshetra war, Karna did not...
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Nakula's wife was from Chedi. Prominent Chedis during the Kurukshetra War included Damaghosha, Shishupala, Dhrishtaketu, Suketu, Sarabha , Nakula's wife...
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Look up nakula or नकुल in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nakul or Nakula was a Pandava brother, the protagonists of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata...
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daughter; wife of Pandu; Karna's biological mother; Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva's mother; Balarama and Krishna's paternal aunt; Queen Mother...
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Ratha, Nakula Sahadeva Ratha, and Draupadi Ratha. The monoliths are named after the Pandavas – Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhishthira ("Dharmaraja"), Nakula and Sahadeva...
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shared the boon with Madri, who called upon the Ashwini Kumaras and bore Nakula and Sahadeva. Thus, the five Pandavas were born, fulfilling Pandu’s wish...
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Kunti shares her mantra with the younger queen Madri, who bears the twins Nakula and Sahadeva through the Ashwini twins. However, Pandu and Madri indulge...
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attempts to abduct three of the Pandava brothers, Yudhishthira, Sahadeva, and Nakula, and their common wife, Draupadi. He is slain by Bhima. According to the...
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(Sanskrit: माद्री; IAST: Mādrī; IPA/Sanskrit: [maːd̪ɽiː]). The Pandava twins, Nakula and Sahadeva, were her sons. Madri's brother Shalya was the king of Madra...
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and the swan (Greek) Medea and Jason (Greek) Minos and Pasiphaë (Greek) Nakula and Draupadi (Hindu) Nala and Damayanti (Hindu) Narcissus and Echo (Greek)...
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mysterious deer, Yudhishthira became exhausted and thirsty. So, his brother Nakula set out to fetch water and found a beautiful lake. The lake was devoid of...
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Nakula Sahadeva Ratha is a monument in the Pancha Rathas complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district...
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defeated him at the wedding (Adi Parva, Chapter 189, Verse 23). During Nakula's western conquests, Shalya befriended his nephew and was entertained by...
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Trismelasmos nakula is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found on the Moluccas. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera...
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Vin Rana is an Indian actor and model. He is known for his roles such as Nakula, one of the five pandavas in Mahabharat and Purab Khanna in Kumkum Bhagya...
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Bhima, and Arjuna. Later, she shared this mantra with Madri, who bore Nakula and Sahadeva. Following Pandu's demise and Madri's self-immolation, Kunti...
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Shanka, one of Virata's sons. Yuyutsu is injured by Kripa in a sword fight. Nakula and Sahadeva fight Duryodhana's brothers but are overwhelmed by the number...
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as a term for a kind of sacrificial dagger or knife. Out of curiosity, Nakula, the fourth son of Pandu and the master of swordsmanship, questioned the...
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they are legally regarded to be the sons of Pandu. The Madreya are: Nakula - Nakula is the son of Madri and the Ashvin named Nasatya. Sahadeva - Sahadeva...
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Parva), required the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi, to live incognito after spending...
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Pandu's younger wife. Madri invoked the Ashvin twins, and then gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva. One day, Pandu forgot about the curse and was suddenly filled...
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