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    Yudhishthira (redirect from Yudhiṣṭhira)
    Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the...
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  • basket to float away in River Ganga. She marries Pāndu and has 3 sons: Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna. Pandu's second wife, Madri, gives birth to Nakula...
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    leads to the Swarga Loka. On their way, all except Yudhisthira slipped and died one by one. Yudhisthira was accompanied by a dog who was none other than...
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    Mahabharata, and he was one of the many sages that visited Yudhisthira after the war. He told Yudhisthira the benefits of worshipping Shiva. Once upon a time...
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    Duryodhana's proxy, engages in a game of 20 throws with Yudhisthira. Each time, Yudhisthira loses, leading to the gradual loss of his wealth, servants...
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    "Questions of the Yakṣa", it is a tutelary spirit of a lake that challenges Yudhiṣṭhira. In Mahavamsa poem of Sri Lanka, a local population is given the term...
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    is mentioned in the Mahabharata: Sahadeva, on the order of Maharaja Yudhisthira, marched toward the southern countries. He defeated the Surasenas, the...
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    possession of Government on behalf of Dwärká Mutt, bears the date as Yudhisthira Saka 2663, Åsvin Sukla 15. This gives us 476 B.C. as the relevant year...
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    a dice-game on Shakuni's suggestion. This suggestion was accepted by Yudhisthira despite the rest of the Pandavas advising him not to play. Shakuni, Duryodhana's...
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    ruled by a chieftain called Koravya and belonging to the Yuddhiṭṭhila (Yudhiṣṭhira) gotta. After the main Kuru ruling dynasty had moved to Kosambi, the...
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    India, that is the centuries around the start of the common era. Both Yudhisthira and Arjuna characters of the Mahabharata invoke hymns to Durga. She appears...
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    New York: iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 9780595401888. Shalya giving boon to Yudhisthira http://sacred-texts.com/hin/m06/m06043.htm Menon, [translated by] Ramesh...
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    literature of Hinduism. For example in the epic Mahabharata, the king Yudhisthira is described to be in a state full of sorrow and despair after participating...
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  • humiliation of Draupadi, the wife of his cousins of the Pandavas after Yudhisthira lost her freedom in a game of dice to Duryodhana. The word Vikarna has...
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    had only appeared in the Pandavas era. He was credited with finding Yudhisthira's lost heirloom named Kalimasada. Purwaganti was born to a priest's daughter...
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    Pariksit) quotes an "earlier" speaker (for example, Narada, addressing King Yudhisthira, Pariksit's granduncle, in a dialogue understood to have taken place...
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    divine paternal parentage these five children, first three of Kunti – Yudhisthira, Bhima and Arjuna- and latter two of Madri – Nakula and Sahadeva, were...
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    Abdication of the throne of Hastinapura by Dhritarashtra and ascension of Yudhisthira. Vassalage of Indraprastha to Hastinapura under Yuyutsu. Succession crises...
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    Parikshit was crowned by Yudhisthira....
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  • to be Durlabhaka Pratapaditya, who claimed the throne after defeating Yudhisthira, the last Alchon Hun ruler of Kashmir. His father Durlabhavardhana would...
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  • sister of Shakuni Nazneen as Kunti, Pandu's first wife, mother of Karna, Yudhisthira, Bhim and Arjuna, daughter of Shurasena, Vasudeva's sister, Yadava princess...
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    killing the Kauravas on the spot. However, Arjuna calmed him down, and Yudhisthira firmly prohibited any confrontation. After the Kauravas exiled the Pandavas...
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    Yudhishthira's brother Nakula is at stake, and Yudhishthira loses him. Yudhisthira subsequently gambles away Sahadeva, Arjuna and Bhima. Finally, Yudhishthira...
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    and be his tributary, he can be the emperor with power over everyone. Yudhisthira will hold the fan for him as he sits in the throne, Bhima his umbrella...
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  • Supriya/Draupadi Anant Nag as Bharat Raj/Arjuna Raj Babbar as Dharam Raj/Yudhisthira Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Bal Raj/Bhima Reema Lagoo as Bal Raj's wife Supriya...
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    forest, Yudhisthira prays to Surya, who grants him the boon of supplying food for thirteen years. A sage named Saunaka consoles Yudhisthira. Vidura advises...
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    as an independent deity in the Indian texts. In the Mahabharata, both Yudhisthira and Arjuna invoke hymns to Durga. She appears in Harivamsa in the form...
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    Shootout at Wadala Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar Satyagraha Balram Singh Mahabharat Yudhisthira Voiceover 2014 Anjaan Imran Bhai Tamil film 2015 Tevar Gajendar Singh...
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    Parikshit becomes the heir-apparent of Yudhishthira and later takes Yudhisthira's place as ruler of Hastinapura. Abhimanyu sided with the Pandavas in...
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    generation of Java, he was the embodiment of a whole man. Very different from Yudhisthira, he really enjoyed life in the world. His love adventures always amaze...
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