Gāndhāri Dhritarāshtra

Gandhari (Sanskrit: गांधारी, lit. A girl from Gandhara) is a prominent character in the Indian epic the Mahabharata. She was a princess of Gandhara and the wife of Dhritrashtra, the blind king of Hastinapura, and the mother of a hundred sons, the Kauravas.[1]

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In vitro fertilization method.

DURING MAHABHARATA day’s scientific advancement was MUCH better than now. Because of scientific advancement Arya bhatta found the new things in space researches. So, please don't think the Mahabharata period was uncivilized or uncultured period. Your question, when you believe the test tube babies which are successful now and also believing the cloning which are most appreciable, an affair which happened thousands and thousands year before. Anyway, it is the duty of us to answer. So, my answer is this..

They don't need any kind of artificial method and they adopted scientific methods like test tube baby method most advanced than now. Why I said so advanced method? PRESENTLY, we have only one baby in test tube method, and only one animal in cloning, but 5000 YEARS BACK, they adopted IMPROVED METHODS 100 times more than now. This method is ‘IN VITRO FERTILIZATION’.

If you go deep in Mahabharata, you can read several thousands of elephants, horses involved in war. So, where they go for these animals? I hope they adopted this cloning method too, I guess.

Nearly 3,500 years ago, Sage Vyasa had come to Hastinapur. The then queen of Hastinapur, Gandhari, looked after the sage so well that he was pleased by her devotion. “Ask for any boon”, he told Gandhari. The Queen wanted 100 sons and asked for it. Gandhari became pregnant but even after two years she did not deliver any baby. Meanwhile, another queen of Dhristra had already delivered a baby who came to be called Yudhistra. Subsequently, Gandhari delivered a lump of flesh. Deeply disappointed she decided to throw it away. Vyasa then intervened and told her that his boon could not go in vain. He asked her to get 100 jars and placed a piece of flesh in each one of those jars filled with ghee. Gandhari replied that she wanted a daughter too apart from the 100 sons. Vyasa nodded in approval and cut the lump if flesh into 101 pieces. He then asked Gandhari to wait for two more years before opening the jar. Two years passed and when an anxious Gandhari opened the first jar, she found a baby boy whom she named Duryodhana. According to Aadhi Parva, (Chapter 114, Sloka 17) when Duryodhana started crying, several animals too started howling. Vidura, an adviser to Dhritarashtra, said it was an evil omen and asked Gandhari and Dhritarashtra to abandon it. But that was not to be and the rest as they say is history or rather Mahabharata. (Duryodhana’s real name was Suyodhana and he changed it to Duryodhana which means unconqurable) When the Kauravas were being taken out of the jars, Bheema was born to Kunti in the forest. After 100 sons, Gandhari took out Duhshala, a baby girl, from the 101st jar. Check out the Adi Parva (The book of the beginning) in the Mahabharata which deals with the birth of the Pandavas, Kauravas and other related aspects Duhshala married Jayadratha who was killed by the Pandavas during the Mahabharata war.

Gāndhārī (Sanskrit: गांधारी) is a character in the Hinduepic, the Mahābhārata. In the epic, she was an incarnation of Mati, as the daughter of Subala, the king of Gandhara, or the modern Kandahar, a region spanning northwesternPakistan and eastern Afghanistan, from which her name is derived. Gandhari's marriage was arranged to Dhritarashtra, the eldest prince of the Kuru kingdom, a region in Delhi andHaryana region. Gandhari voluntarily blindfolded herself throughout her married life. Her husband Dhritarashtra was born blind, and on meeting him and realizing this, she decided to share the pain of her blind husband. So she voluntarily blindfolded herself. Gandhari bore a hundred sons, (collectively known as theKauravas), and one daughter Dushala who marriedJayadratha. The Kaurava, principally Duryodhana andDushasana, were the villains of the Mahābhārata, and were all killed in their war against their cousins, the Pandava, atKurukshetra. Although Gandhari's sons were portrayed as villains, the Mahābhārata attributes high moral standards to Gandhari. She repeatedly exhorted her sons to follow dharma and make peace with the Pandavas. Gandhari was especially close to Kunti who respected her like an elder sister. Gandhari made a single exception to her blindfolded state, when she removed her blindfold to seeDuryodhana rendering his entire body except his loins invulnerable to any foe. This was however to prove fruitless as Bhima smashed Duryodhana's thighs in their decisive encounter on the eighteenth day of the Kurukshetra battle, a move both literally and figuratively below the belt.

In the days of Mahabharata and later, Medical science had been very well practiced as a profession. An analysis of the materials in the Vedas reveals that, all the four Vedas provides the references regarding various aspects of medicine. The Atharva Veda is deemed to be an encyclopaedia for medicine. The present day Archaeological evidences of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa imparts the high civilization in matters of sanitation and hygiene. Archeological evidences have proved that there were well planned settlements of Harappa itself and special areas deduced to be hospital or treatment buildings. These make us think that there was an organized system of medical practice carried on from the earliest times. The "caraka samhita" is an early Ayurvedic text on internal medicine provides volumes of information on herbs and nursing. The "Sushrutha Samhitha" (after Mahbharata 1000 BC to 600 BC) shows the greatness of "Sushruta" known by the title "Father of Surgery." describes 300 surgical procedures, 120 surgical instruments and classifies human surgery in eight categories.

In the Mahabharata there were various events describing the role of surgeons and physicians. Unlike the modern medical system based on empirical (experimental) system, ancient medical science was sourced through the exploration of the pure consciousness. This was scientifically proven by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who had taught his "Transcendental meditation" to almost 5 million people during the past 50 years especially in US and Canada. He advocates that “Through Transcendental Meditation, the human brain can experience that level of intelligence which is an ocean of all knowledge, energy, intelligence, and bliss.”

Apart from indigenous medical science, the involvement of Aliens with very advanced medical science is evident in Mahabharata. Rishis like Vyasa, Bharadhwaja are all advanced Aliens ahead of us in scientific knowledge in terms light years. The descriptions of very advanced cloning, artificial fertilization etc are all clear footprints of the Aliens. Let's go through the application of Medical science in Mahabharata.