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BALARAMA VASUDEVA (deceased)

Balarama Balarama is the elder brother of the divine being, Krishna in Hinduism. Within Vaishnavism and a number of South Indian, Hindu traditions Balarama is worshipped as an avatar of Vishnu, and he ...

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PARASURAMA (BHARGAVARAMA) JAMADAGNI (deceased)

Lord Parasurama: “DASAAVATAARA STOTRAM OF SWAMI DESIKA- PARASURAMA AVATARAM (RAMA WITH THE AXE) - Anbil Ramaswamy SLOKAM 7 KrOdha agnim jamadagni peeTana bhavam sam tharpayishyan kramaath a-kshathr...

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INDRA KASHYAP (deceased)

Indra, in Hindu mythology, the king of the gods. He is one of the main gods of the archaic Sanskrit collection of hymns, the Rigveda, and is the Indo-European cousin of the German Wotan, Norse Odin, Gr...

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SURYA KASHYAP (deceased)

ISurya (Devanagari: सूर्य Sūrya, "the Supreme Light"[2])Suraya or Phra Athit is the chief solar deity inHinduism. The term Surya also refers to the Sun, in general. Surya is the chief of the Navagrah...

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URVASHI PURURAVA (deceased)

tory of Urvashi and Pururava Apsaras are the celestial maidens of Indian mythology. They are not to be confused with angels. They are extremely beautiful immortals who live in heaven and entertain the ...

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KARTHAVEEYARJUNA (deceased)

Karthaveeryarjuna Ohm Namasivaya Ohm Sri Sai Ram King Karthaveeryarjuna King KarthaVeeryarjuna was ruling the country Kegaya with Magishmadhi city as its capital. He was fully surrendered himself t...

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KASHYAP (deceased)

He was the father of the Devas, Asuras, Nagas and all ofhumanity. He married Aditi, with whom he fathered Agni, theAdityas, and most importantly Lord Vishnu took his fifth Avataras Vamana, the son of A...

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CITRANGADA ARJUNA (deceased)

A PRINCESS FROM A SOUTHERN COUNTRY KNOWN AS MANIPURA. Chitrāngadā (चित्रांगदा), in the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, is one of Arjuna's wives. Arjuna travelled the length and breadth of India during his te...

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EKALAVYA HARINYADHANU (deceased)

One the most perplexing pastimes in Mahabharata is related to Ekalavya. Why should a seemingly noble and brave prince be penalized by a noble and self-realized teacher? As in other pastimes in the Maha...

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KARNA ADHIRATHA (-3128 - -3067)

KARNA IN MAHABHARATA Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण written Karṇa in IAST transliteration) is one of the central characters in the epic Mahābhārata from ancient India. He was the King of Anga (present day Bhaga...

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YUDHISTHIRA PANDU (-3114 - -3030)

Yudhisthira Yudhistira Maharaja Yudhisthira Yudhisthira on the throne with Draupadi, surrounded by the other Pandavas Titles Dharmaraja Predecessor Pandu Successor Parikshit Consort Draupadi ...

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VIDURA (b. - -3052)

Vidura This article contains Indic text.Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Vidura (Sanskrit: विदुर, Vidū...

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DRAUPADI, (YAJNASENI), (PARSATI) & PANCHALI (b. - -3030)

Dhrishtadyumna, Son Of Drupada Dhrishtadyumna is the son of Raja Drupada and brother of Draupadi. Dhrishtadyumna, Son Of Drupada Dhrishtadyumna is the son of Raja Drupada and brother...

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SHIKHANDI (b. - -3067)

Shikhandi Kripa fights with Shikhandi . Shikhandi (Sanskrit: शिखंडी, Śikhaṇḍī ; Indonesian, Srikandi) is a character in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. He was originally born as a girl child named 'Sh...

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BAKASURA (deceased)

akasura (also called Bakāsura, Baka, Vaka) (बकासुर) a great Asura who lived near the city of Ekachakra (sometimes Chakranagari), and forced the Raja of the place to send him daily a large quantity of p...

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SANJAYA (deceased)

Sanjaya was the son of Gavalgana. Sanjaya was a Suta. He was the charioteer of Dhritarashtra and the first one who narrated the Bhagavad Gita other than Sri Krishna himself. He gave a blow-by-blow acco...

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KRITAVARMA HRIDIKA (b. - -3104)

During the great battle at Kurukshetra, Kritavarma was an ally of the Kauravas (as Narayani sena was with Kauravas he led them) against the Pandavas and led the Yadava army (also called the Narayani Se...

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SUSHARMA (b. - -3067)

Trigarta was a kingdom mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. Mahabharata mentions two different Trigarta kingdoms, one in the west close to the Sivi Kingdom and the other north to the Kuru Kingdom. Modern...

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JARASANDHA (deceased)

Jarasandha was the king of Magadha. His father had been childless for many years and finally got a magical mango from a sage, which would get his queen pregnant if she ate it. He had two wives, so he g...

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SATYAKI (YUYUDHANA) (deceased)

Satyaki Satyaki in Javanese Wayang(Javanese Shadow Puupet).The picture above is a puppet form of Satyaki and does not resemble the actual character. Yuyudhana (Sanskrit: युयुधान, Yuyudhāna), bett...

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BHIMA PANDU (-3113 - -3030)

The greatness of Bhima In most literature, the character of Lord Bhima has been completely misrepresented. Bhima is often presented as a glutton, bloated fat person, someone who is perenially hot-tempe...

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SAHADEVA PANDU (b. - -3030)

Sahadeva Sahadeva as seen in the Javanese shadow puppet play (wayang) In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Sahadeva (Sanskrit: सहदेव, sahadéva, lit. a thousand Gods) was the youngest of the five Pandava br...

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UTTAR KUMARA VIRATA (b. - -3067)

n the epic Mahabharata, Uttar or Uttara (उत्तर), the prince of Matsya Kingdom and the son of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. He was the brother ...

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MATSYA (VIRATA) (deceased)

KING OF MATSYA WHERE PANDAVAS LIVED DURING 13 tH YEAR OF EXILE. Matsya or Machcha (Sanskrit for fish), classically called the Mese(pron.: /ˈmiːziː/), was the name of a tribe and the state of the Vedi...

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DRONA DRONACHARYA) BHARADWAJA (b. - -3067)

Drona was born a Bharadwaja brahmin, in 9000BC Dehradun. Drona implies that he was not gestated in a womb, but outside the human body in a droon (vessel or a basket). The story of Drona's birth is reco...

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ARJUNA PANDU (-3112 - -3030)

Arjuna The character of Arjuna is described as one whose mind is spotless and clean of all impurities. Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita refers to Arjuna as Anagha, which means pure of heart or sinless. O...

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SRIKRISHNA (-3112 - -3031)

Family of krishna Krishna had a total of 16,108 wives, out of which eight were his princely wives and 16,100 were rescued from Narakasura, who had forcibly kept them in his harem. After Krishna killed ...

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