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<span>Agni</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agni-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alambusha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alambusha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Alambusha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alambusha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alayudha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alayudha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Alayudha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alayudha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Amba" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Amba"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Amba</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Amba-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ambalika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ambalika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Ambalika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ambalika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ambika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ambika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>Ambika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ambika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ambika's_maid_(Parishrami)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ambika's_maid_(Parishrami)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>Ambika's maid (Parishrami)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ambika's_maid_(Parishrami)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Amitaujas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Amitaujas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>Amitaujas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Amitaujas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anjanaparvana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anjanaparvana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>Anjanaparvana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anjanaparvana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Arjuna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arjuna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>Arjuna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arjuna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aruni" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aruni"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.14</span> <span>Aruni</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aruni-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ashvins" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ashvins"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.15</span> <span>Ashvins</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ashvins-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ashwatthama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ashwatthama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.16</span> <span>Ashwatthama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ashwatthama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Astika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Astika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.17</span> <span>Astika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Astika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Avantini" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Avantini"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.18</span> <span>Avantini</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Avantini-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ayu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ayu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.19</span> <span>Ayu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ayu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ayodhaumya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ayodhaumya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.20</span> <span>Ayodhaumya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ayodhaumya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-B" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#B"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>B</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-B-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle B subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-B-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Babhruvahana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Babhruvahana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Babhruvahana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Babhruvahana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bahlika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bahlika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Bahlika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bahlika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bakasura" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bakasura"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Bakasura</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bakasura-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Balarama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Balarama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Balarama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Balarama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Banasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Banasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Banasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Banasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhadra_and_Madira" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhadra_and_Madira"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Bhadra and Madira</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhadra_and_Madira-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhadrakali" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhadrakali"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Bhadrakali</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhadrakali-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhagadatta" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhagadatta"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Bhagadatta</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhagadatta-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bharadvaja" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bharadvaja"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Bharadvaja</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bharadvaja-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bharata" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bharata"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Bharata</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bharata-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhima" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhima"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Bhima</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhima-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhima_of_Vidarbha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhima_of_Vidarbha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>Bhima of Vidarbha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhima_of_Vidarbha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhishma" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhishma"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13</span> <span>Bhishma</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhishma-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhrigu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhrigu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.14</span> <span>Bhrigu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhrigu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bhurishravas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bhurishravas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.15</span> <span>Bhurishravas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bhurishravas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Budha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Budha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16</span> <span>Budha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Budha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Brihaspati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Brihaspati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.17</span> <span>Brihaspati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Brihaspati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-C" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#C"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>C</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-C-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle C subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-C-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Chandra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chandra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Chandra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chandra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chandravarma_Kamboja" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chandravarma_Kamboja"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Chandravarma Kamboja</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chandravarma_Kamboja-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chitrasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chitrasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Chitrasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chitrasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chekitana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chekitana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Chekitana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chekitana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chitra_and_Chitrasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chitra_and_Chitrasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Chitra and Chitrasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chitra_and_Chitrasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chitrāngada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chitrāngada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Chitrāngada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chitrāngada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gandharva_Chitrāngada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gandharva_Chitrāngada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Gandharva Chitrāngada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gandharva_Chitrāngada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chitrāngada_of_Kalinga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chitrāngada_of_Kalinga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>Chitrāngada of Kalinga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chitrāngada_of_Kalinga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chitrāngadā" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chitrāngadā"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>Chitrāngadā</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chitrāngadā-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chitravahana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chitravahana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>Chitravahana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chitravahana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-D" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#D"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>D</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-D-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle D subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-D-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Damayanti" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Damayanti"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Damayanti</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Damayanti-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dantavakra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dantavakra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Dantavakra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dantavakra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Danda_and_Dandadhara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Danda_and_Dandadhara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Danda and Dandadhara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Danda_and_Dandadhara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dasharaja" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dasharaja"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Dasharaja</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dasharaja-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Darada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Darada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Darada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Darada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Devaki" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Devaki"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Devaki</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Devaki-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Devayani" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Devayani"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>Devayani</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Devayani-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Devika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Devika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>Devika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Devika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dhrishtadyumna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dhrishtadyumna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.9</span> <span>Dhrishtadyumna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dhrishtadyumna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dhritrashtra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dhritrashtra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.10</span> <span>Dhritrashtra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dhritrashtra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dhrishtaketu_of_Chedi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dhrishtaketu_of_Chedi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.11</span> <span>Dhrishtaketu of Chedi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dhrishtaketu_of_Chedi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dhrishtaketu_of_Kekeya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dhrishtaketu_of_Kekeya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.12</span> <span>Dhrishtaketu of Kekeya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dhrishtaketu_of_Kekeya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Draupadi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Draupadi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.13</span> <span>Draupadi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Draupadi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Drona" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Drona"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.14</span> <span>Drona</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Drona-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Drupada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Drupada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.15</span> <span>Drupada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Drupada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Durmasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Durmasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.16</span> <span>Durmasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Durmasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Duryodhana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Duryodhana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.17</span> <span>Duryodhana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Duryodhana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Duryodhana's_wife_(Bhanumati)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Duryodhana's_wife_(Bhanumati)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.18</span> <span>Duryodhana's wife (Bhanumati)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Duryodhana's_wife_(Bhanumati)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Durga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Durga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.19</span> <span>Durga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Durga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dushala" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dushala"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.20</span> <span>Dushala</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dushala-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dushasana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dushasana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.21</span> <span>Dushasana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dushasana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dushyanta" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dushyanta"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.22</span> <span>Dushyanta</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dushyanta-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-E" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#E"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>E</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-E-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle E subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-E-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ekalavya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ekalavya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Ekalavya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ekalavya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-G" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#G"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>G</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-G-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle G subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-G-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Gandhari" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gandhari"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Gandhari</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gandhari-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gandhari's_maid" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gandhari's_maid"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Gandhari's maid</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gandhari's_maid-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ganesha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ganesha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Ganesha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ganesha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ganga" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ganga"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Ganga</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ganga-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ghatotkacha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ghatotkacha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Ghatotkacha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ghatotkacha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ghritachi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ghritachi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Ghritachi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ghritachi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-H" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#H"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>H</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-H-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle H subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-H-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hanuman" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hanuman"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Hanuman</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hanuman-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hayagriva" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hayagriva"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Hayagriva</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hayagriva-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hidimb/_Hidimba" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hidimb/_Hidimba"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Hidimb/ Hidimba</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hidimb/_Hidimba-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hidimbi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hidimbi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Hidimbi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hidimbi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-I" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>I</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-I-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle I subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-I-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ila" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ila"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Ila</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ila-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Indra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iravan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iravan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Iravan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iravan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-J" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#J"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>J</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-J-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle J subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-J-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Jambavati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jambavati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Jambavati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jambavati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Janamejaya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Janamejaya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Janamejaya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Janamejaya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Janapadi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Janapadi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Janapadi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Janapadi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Jara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jarasandha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jarasandha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Jarasandha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jarasandha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jaratkaru" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jaratkaru"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.6</span> <span>Jaratkaru</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jaratkaru-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jatasura" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jatasura"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.7</span> <span>Jatasura</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jatasura-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jaidrath" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jaidrath"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.8</span> <span>Jaidrath</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jaidrath-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jayatsena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jayatsena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.9</span> <span>Jayatsena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jayatsena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-K" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#K"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>K</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-K-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle K subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-K-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Kadru" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kadru"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Kadru</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kadru-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kaalvakra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kaalvakra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Kaalvakra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kaalvakra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kalaratri" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kalaratri"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Kalaratri</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kalaratri-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kalki" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kalki"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>Kalki</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kalki-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kacha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kacha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.5</span> <span>Kacha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kacha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kamsa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kamsa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.6</span> <span>Kamsa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kamsa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kanika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kanika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.7</span> <span>Kanika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kanika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Karenumati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Karenumati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.8</span> <span>Karenumati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Karenumati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Karna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Karna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.9</span> <span>Karna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Karna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Karna's_adoptive_brothers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Karna's_adoptive_brothers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.10</span> <span>Karna's adoptive brothers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Karna's_adoptive_brothers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Karna's_wives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Karna's_wives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.11</span> <span>Karna's wives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Karna's_wives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kauravas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kauravas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.12</span> <span>Kauravas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kauravas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kauravya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kauravya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.13</span> <span>Kauravya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kauravya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Keechak" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Keechak"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.14</span> <span>Keechak</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Keechak-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kirmira" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kirmira"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.15</span> <span>Kirmira</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kirmira-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kratha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kratha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.16</span> <span>Kratha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kratha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kripa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kripa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.17</span> <span>Kripa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kripa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kripi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kripi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.18</span> <span>Kripi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kripi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Krishna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Krishna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.19</span> <span>Krishna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Krishna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kritavarma" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kritavarma"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.20</span> <span>Kritavarma</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kritavarma-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kunti-Bhoja" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kunti-Bhoja"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.21</span> <span>Kunti-Bhoja</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kunti-Bhoja-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kunti" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kunti"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.22</span> <span>Kunti</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kunti-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kuru" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kuru"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.23</span> <span>Kuru</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kuru-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-L" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#L"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>L</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-L-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle M subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-M-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Madanjaya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Madanjaya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Madanjaya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Madanjaya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Madhavi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Madhavi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Madhavi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Madhavi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Madranjaya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Madranjaya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Madranjaya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Madranjaya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Madrasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Madrasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Madrasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Madrasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Madri" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Madri"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.5</span> <span>Madri</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Madri-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Malini" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Malini"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.6</span> <span>Malini</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Malini-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Manasa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Manasa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.7</span> <span>Manasa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Manasa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Manimat" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Manimat"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.8</span> <span>Manimat</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Manimat-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marisha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marisha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.9</span> <span>Marisha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marisha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Markandeya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Markandeya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.10</span> <span>Markandeya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Markandeya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Menaka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Menaka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.11</span> <span>Menaka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Menaka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Muchukunda" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Muchukunda"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.12</span> <span>Muchukunda</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Muchukunda-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-N" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#N"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>N</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-N-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle N subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-N-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Nala" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nala"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Nala</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nala-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nahusha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nahusha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Nahusha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nahusha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nakula" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nakula"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.3</span> <span>Nakula</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nakula-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.4</span> <span>Nand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Narakasura" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Narakasura"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.5</span> <span>Narakasura</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Narakasura-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Niramitra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Niramitra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.6</span> <span>Niramitra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Niramitra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-P" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#P"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>P</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-P-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle P subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-P-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Padmavati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Padmavati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.1</span> <span>Padmavati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Padmavati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parashara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parashara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.2</span> <span>Parashara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parashara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parashuram" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parashuram"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.3</span> <span>Parashuram</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parashuram-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parikshit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parikshit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.4</span> <span>Parikshit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parikshit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pandu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pandu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.5</span> <span>Pandu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pandu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pandya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pandya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.6</span> <span>Pandya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pandya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Paurava" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Paurava"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.7</span> <span>Paurava</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Paurava-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prabha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prabha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.8</span> <span>Prabha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prabha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pradyumna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pradyumna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.9</span> <span>Pradyumna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pradyumna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pratipa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pratipa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.10</span> <span>Pratipa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pratipa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prativindhya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prativindhya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.11</span> <span>Prativindhya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prativindhya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prishati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prishati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.12</span> <span>Prishati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prishati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Purochana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Purochana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.13</span> <span>Purochana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Purochana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pururavas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pururavas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14.14</span> <span>Pururavas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pururavas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-R" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#R"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>R</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-R-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle R subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-R-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Radha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Radha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.1</span> <span>Radha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Radha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Revati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Revati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2</span> <span>Revati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Revati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rohini_(wife_of_Vasudeva)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rohini_(wife_of_Vasudeva)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3</span> <span>Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rohini_(wife_of_Vasudeva)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rochamana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rochamana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.4</span> <span>Rochamana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rochamana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rukmi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rukmi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.5</span> <span>Rukmi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rukmi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rukmini" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rukmini"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.6</span> <span>Rukmini</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rukmini-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ruru" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ruru"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.7</span> <span>Ruru</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ruru-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-S" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#S"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>S</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-S-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle S subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-S-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sahadeva" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sahadeva"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.1</span> <span>Sahadeva</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sahadeva-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sahadeva_of_Magadha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sahadeva_of_Magadha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.2</span> <span>Sahadeva of Magadha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sahadeva_of_Magadha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sakradeva" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sakradeva"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.3</span> <span>Sakradeva</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sakradeva-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Samba" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Samba"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.4</span> <span>Samba</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Samba-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Samudrasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Samudrasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.5</span> <span>Samudrasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Samudrasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shamika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shamika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.6</span> <span>Shamika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shamika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Samvarana" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Samvarana"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.7</span> <span>Samvarana</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Samvarana-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sanjaya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sanjaya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.8</span> <span>Sanjaya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sanjaya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sarama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sarama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.9</span> <span>Sarama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sarama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Satrajit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Satrajit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.10</span> <span>Satrajit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Satrajit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Satyabhama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Satyabhama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.11</span> <span>Satyabhama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Satyabhama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Satyajit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Satyajit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.12</span> <span>Satyajit</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Satyajit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Satyaki" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Satyaki"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.13</span> <span>Satyaki</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Satyaki-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Satyavati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Satyavati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.14</span> <span>Satyavati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Satyavati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Savitri_and_Satyavan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Savitri_and_Satyavan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.15</span> <span>Savitri and Satyavan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Savitri_and_Satyavan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senavindu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senavindu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.16</span> <span>Senavindu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senavindu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shakuni" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shakuni"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.17</span> <span>Shakuni</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shakuni-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shakuntala" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shakuntala"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.18</span> <span>Shakuntala</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shakuntala-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shalva" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shalva"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.19</span> <span>Shalva</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shalva-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shalya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shalya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.20</span> <span>Shalya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shalya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shankha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shankha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.21</span> <span>Shankha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shankha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shantanu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shantanu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.22</span> <span>Shantanu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shantanu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sharmishtha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sharmishtha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.23</span> <span>Sharmishtha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sharmishtha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shatanika" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shatanika"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.24</span> <span>Shatanika</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shatanika-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shaunaka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shaunaka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.25</span> <span>Shaunaka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shaunaka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shikhandi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shikhandi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.26</span> <span>Shikhandi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shikhandi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shishupala" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shishupala"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.27</span> <span>Shishupala</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shishupala-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shrutakarma" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shrutakarma"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.28</span> <span>Shrutakarma</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shrutakarma-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shrutasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shrutasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.29</span> <span>Shrutasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shrutasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shukra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shukra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.30</span> <span>Shukra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shukra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shveta" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shveta"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.31</span> <span>Shveta</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shveta-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shvetaki" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shvetaki"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.32</span> <span>Shvetaki</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shvetaki-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sons_of_Karna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sons_of_Karna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.33</span> <span>Sons of Karna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sons_of_Karna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sons_of_Shalya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sons_of_Shalya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.34</span> <span>Sons of Shalya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sons_of_Shalya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sons_of_Shishupala" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sons_of_Shishupala"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.35</span> <span>Sons of Shishupala</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sons_of_Shishupala-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shreniman" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shreniman"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.36</span> <span>Shreniman</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shreniman-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Subala" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Subala"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.37</span> <span>Subala</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Subala-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Subhadra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Subhadra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.38</span> <span>Subhadra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Subhadra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sudakshina" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sudakshina"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.39</span> <span>Sudakshina</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sudakshina-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sudeshna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sudeshna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.40</span> <span>Sudeshna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sudeshna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sunaka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sunaka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.41</span> <span>Sunaka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sunaka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Surya" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Surya"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.42</span> <span>Surya</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Surya-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Susharma" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Susharma"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.43</span> <span>Susharma</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Susharma-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sutasoma" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sutasoma"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.44</span> <span>Sutasoma</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sutasoma-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Svaha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Svaha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16.45</span> <span>Svaha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Svaha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-T" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#T"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>T</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-T-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle T subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-T-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Takshaka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Takshaka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.1</span> <span>Takshaka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Takshaka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tapati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tapati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.2</span> <span>Tapati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tapati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tilottama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tilottama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.3</span> <span>Tilottama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tilottama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17.4</span> <span>Tara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-U" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#U"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>U</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-U-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle U subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-U-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.1</span> <span>Usha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ugrasena" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ugrasena"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2</span> <span>Ugrasena</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ugrasena-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ugrashravas_Sauti" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ugrashravas_Sauti"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.3</span> <span>Ugrashravas Sauti</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ugrashravas_Sauti-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uluka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uluka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.4</span> <span>Uluka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uluka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ulupi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ulupi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.5</span> <span>Ulupi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ulupi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Urvashi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Urvashi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.6</span> <span>Urvashi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Urvashi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uttamaujas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uttamaujas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.7</span> <span>Uttamaujas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uttamaujas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uttanka" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uttanka"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.8</span> <span>Uttanka</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uttanka-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uttara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uttara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.9</span> <span>Uttara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uttara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uttarā" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uttarā"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.10</span> <span>Uttarā</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uttarā-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-V" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#V"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19</span> <span>V</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-V-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle V subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-V-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Vajra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vajra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.1</span> <span>Vajra</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vajra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vajranabh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vajranabh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.2</span> <span>Vajranabh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vajranabh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Valandhara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Valandhara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.3</span> <span>Valandhara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Valandhara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vapusthama" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vapusthama"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.4</span> <span>Vapusthama</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vapusthama-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Varaha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Varaha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.5</span> <span>Varaha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Varaha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vasudeva" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vasudeva"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.6</span> <span>Vasudeva</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vasudeva-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vasundhara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vasundhara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.7</span> <span>Vasundhara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vasundhara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vayu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vayu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.8</span> <span>Vayu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vayu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Veerabhadra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Veerabhadra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19.9</span> <span>Veerabhadra</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80" title="कृपी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कृपी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9A%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A0_%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A4_%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%9B%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%A1" title="ꯃꯍꯥꯚꯥꯔꯠ ꯀꯤ ꯁꯛꯂꯣꯟꯁꯤꯡ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯃꯍꯥꯚꯥꯔꯠ ꯀꯤ ꯁꯛꯂꯣꯟꯁꯤꯡ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a 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At its heart lies the epic struggle between the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a>. The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—<a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>—along with their wife <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. On the opposing side, the hundred <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a> brothers are led by the elder brother, <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>. However, the <i>Mahabharata</i> is richly populated with other notable figures including <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dushasana" title="Dushasana">Dushasana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kripa" title="Kripa">Kripa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhritrashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhritrashtra">Dhritrashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(Mahabharata)" title="Gandhari (Mahabharata)">Gandhari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashwatthama" title="Ashwatthama">Ashwatthama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subhadra" title="Subhadra">Subhadra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyavati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amba_(Mahabharata)" title="Amba (Mahabharata)">Amba</a>. </p><p>The <i>Mahabharata</i> manuscripts exist in numerous versions, wherein the specifics and details of major characters and episodes vary, often significantly. Except for the sections containing the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a></i> which is remarkably consistent between the numerous manuscripts, the rest of the epic exists in many versions.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The differences between the Northern and Southern recensions are particularly significant, with the Southern manuscripts more profuse and longer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGrath200419–21_with_footnotes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGrath200419–21_with_footnotes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The manuscripts found in the <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a> have "great divergence" in details, though the thematic essence is similar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGrath200421–22_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGrath200421–22-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars have attempted to construct a <a href="/wiki/Critical_edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Critical edition">critical edition</a>, relying mostly on a study of the Bombay edition, the Poona edition, the Calcutta edition and the south Indian editions of the <i>Mahabharata</i> manuscripts. The most accepted version is one prepared by scholars led by Vishnu Sukthankar at the <a href="/wiki/Bhandarkar_Oriental_Research_Institute" title="Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute">Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute</a>, preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_University" title="Kyoto University">Kyoto University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University">Cambridge University</a> and various Indian universities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGrath200421–26_with_footnotes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGrath200421–26_with_footnotes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This list follows the <i>Critical Edition of the Mahabharata</i>, but may have characters exclusive to a particular recension.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A">A</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abhimanyu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a></div> <p>Abhimanyu was the son of third Pandava prince <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> and Yadava princess <a href="/wiki/Subhadra" title="Subhadra">Subhadra</a>. He was a disciple of his maternal uncles <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balrama" class="mw-redirect" title="Balrama">Balarama</a>. He was killed unfairly on the 13th day of <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adhiratha">Adhiratha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adhiratha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adhiratha was the foster-father of Karna. According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a></i>, Adhiratha was descended from <a href="/wiki/Yayati" title="Yayati">Yayati</a> and therefore was related to <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. He was also the descendant of <a href="/wiki/Romapada" title="Romapada">Romapada</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Sukhdev_Singh_Chib_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sukhdev_Singh_Chib-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the king of <a href="/wiki/Anga" title="Anga">Anga</a> and brother-in-law of <a href="/wiki/Dashratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Dashratha">Dasharatha</a>'s descendant Shighra, king of <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_(Ramayana)" title="Ayodhya (Ramayana)">Ayodhya</a>. His wife was Radha and their biological sons were Shona and Shatrunjaya/Chitrasena. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adrika">Adrika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adrika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adrika was an <a href="/wiki/Apsara" title="Apsara">apsara</a>, who was cursed to become a fish and only to be liberated when she gives birth to a human. Adrika, as a fish, lived in the river <a href="/wiki/Yamuna" title="Yamuna">Yamuna</a>. Once she came in contact with the semen of <a href="/wiki/Uparichara_Vasu" title="Uparichara Vasu">Uparichara</a> and impregnated herself. After 10 months, some <a href="/wiki/Dashraj" class="mw-redirect" title="Dashraj">fishermen</a> caught her, cut open her womb and found two children—<a href="/wiki/Matsyagandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsyagandha">Matsyagandha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matsya_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsya Kingdom">Matsya</a>. After the incident, Adrika was liberated from her curse and returned to heaven.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChakravarti2007_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChakravarti2007-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (June 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agni">Agni</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Agni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a></div> <p>Agni is the Hindu god of fire. In the Vana Parva, sage Markandeya told the story of Agni's marriage. In the Khandava-daha Parva, Agni in disguise approaches <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> seeking sufficient food for gratification of his hunger and expressed his desire to consume the forest of Khandava protected by Indra for the sake of <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a>, the chief of the <a href="/wiki/Naga_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Naga Kingdom">Nagas</a>. Aided by Krishna and Arjuna, Agni consumes the <a href="/wiki/Khandava_Forest" title="Khandava Forest">Khandava Forest</a>. Later, as a boon, Arjuna got all his weapons from Indra and also the bow, <a href="/wiki/Gandiva" title="Gandiva">Gandiva</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Varuna" title="Varuna">Varuna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alambusha">Alambusha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Alambusha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alambusha was a <a href="/wiki/Rakshasa" title="Rakshasa">Rakshasa</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>, he fought from the Kaurava side. During the war, he defeated <a href="/wiki/Iravan" title="Iravan">Iravan</a>, son of Pandava prince <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. Later on the 14th day of Kurukshetra war, Alambusha was killed by Bhima's son, <a href="/wiki/Ghatotkacha" title="Ghatotkacha">Ghatotkacha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alayudha">Alayudha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Alayudha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was a demon and friend of another demon named Alambusha. He and Alambusha were killed by <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>'s demon son <a href="/wiki/Ghatotkacha" title="Ghatotkacha">Ghatotkacha</a> during the Night war on the fourteenth day of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amba">Amba</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Amba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Amba_(Mahabharata)" title="Amba (Mahabharata)">Amba (Mahabharata)</a></div> <p>Amba was the eldest daughter of Kashya, the king of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kashi">Kashi</a> and the sister of Ambika and Ambalika. Amba was abducted by <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru</a> prince <a href="/wiki/Bheeshma" class="mw-redirect" title="Bheeshma">Bhishma</a> and holds him responsible for her misfortune. Her sole goal in life becomes his destruction, to fulfill which she is reborn as <a href="/wiki/Shikhandini" class="mw-redirect" title="Shikhandini">Shikhandini</a>/<a href="/wiki/Shikhandi" title="Shikhandi">Shikhandi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ambalika">Ambalika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ambalika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ambalika" title="Ambalika">Ambalika</a></div> <p>Ambalika is the daughter of Kashya, the King of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kashi">Kashi</a>, and wife of <a href="/wiki/Vichitravirya" title="Vichitravirya">Vichitravirya</a>, the King of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">Hastinapur</a>. She was also the mother of <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a>, stepmother of <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and grandmother of <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ambika">Ambika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ambika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ambika_(Mahabharata)" title="Ambika (Mahabharata)">Ambika (Mahabharata)</a></div> <p>Ambika is the daughter of Kashya, the King of <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Kashi</a>, and wife of <a href="/wiki/Vichitravirya" title="Vichitravirya">Vichitravirya</a>, the king of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastinapura">Hastinapura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was also the mother of <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and stepmother of <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a> and grandmother to the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-B_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ambika's_maid_(Parishrami)"><span id="Ambika.27s_maid_.28Parishrami.29"></span>Ambika's maid (Parishrami)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ambika's maid (Parishrami)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chief maid of <a href="/wiki/Ambika_(Mahabharata)" title="Ambika (Mahabharata)">Ambika</a> named parishrami or maryada was sent by Ambika and Ambalika to Maharishi <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a>. From their union, Vidura was born. </p><p>At epic <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>, When queen <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyawati</a> had two kids, One <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarastra</a> who were blind and One <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a> who were physically paralyzed since birth. So <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyawati</a> needed perfect child for <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">hastinapura</a> kingdom's future. But in <a href="/wiki/Niyoga" title="Niyoga">niyoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambika_(Mahabharata)" title="Ambika (Mahabharata)">ambika</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ambalika" title="Ambalika">ambalika</a> doesn't want to niyog again with <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">vyasa</a>. So ambika calls her maid, Parishrami for niyoga. In niyog ambika were eye closed, she got blind son, ambalika got scared, she got paralyzed son, but Parishrami didn't closed her eyes, didn't scared, at result she got healthy, smart child named <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a>. That's how she became famous. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Amitaujas">Amitaujas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Amitaujas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Amitaujas is the mighty warrior of <a href="/wiki/Pa%C3%B1c%C4%81la" title="Pañcāla">Panchala</a> Kingdom. He was the maharatha on the side of Pandavas.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anjanaparvana">Anjanaparvana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Anjanaparvana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Ghatotkacha" title="Ghatotkacha">Ghatotkacha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ahilawati" title="Ahilawati">Mourvi</a>. His grandparents were <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hidimbi" title="Hidimbi">Hidimbā</a>. He was killed by <a href="/wiki/Ashwatthama" title="Ashwatthama">Ashwatthama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arjuna">Arjuna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Arjuna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a></div> <p>Arjuna was the third of the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> brothers and was son of the god <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>. He was known for his archery skills and killed great warriors like Bhishma, Jayadratha and Karna by following the god <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aruni">Aruni</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Aruni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i>Mahabharata</i>, Aruni appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Adi_Parva" title="Adi Parva">Adi Parva</a>. Aruni was a disciple of sage named Dhaumya. Once a flood took place in the fields of the ashram (school). A breach was formed in the embankment. Dhaumya sent Aruni to stop the water from entering the embankment. After a long time, Aruni had not returned. So, Dhaumya went out to find Aruni. The latter lying in the breach of the embankment to prevent the water from entering it. Because of his loyalty, Aruni is also known as Gurubhakta Aruni. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ashvins">Ashvins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ashvins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></div> <p>The Ashvins or the Ashvini a pair of twin demigods. Their father is Surya and his mother is Saranyu. They are the demigods of medicine and health. In the epic, Kunti felt bad for Madri as she did not have any children due to a curse and shared her secret mantra with her. Madri, using the mantra, invoked the Ashvins and had one pair of twins, <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ashwatthama">Ashwatthama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ashwatthama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ashwatthama" title="Ashwatthama">Ashwatthama</a></div> <p>Ashwatthama was the son of <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">guru</a> <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a> and fought on the <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a> side against the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>.Ashwatthama had various divine weapons like Narayanastra, Brahmastra and Bhramshira astra. He had a divine gem on his forehead which granted him powers above Humans,Danavas, Rakshas, Nagas, Gandharvas, Pisach .Ashvatthama was appointed as the final <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the Kauravas, after which he slaughters most of the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> camp in a single <a href="/wiki/Night_combat" title="Night combat">night offensive</a>. Ashwatthama is believed to be alive even today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Astika">Astika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Astika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Astika_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika (Hinduism)">Astika (Hinduism)</a></div> <p>Astika was a <a href="/wiki/Rishi" title="Rishi">rishi</a>, and he was a son of <a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a> by the serpent goddess <a href="/wiki/Manasa" title="Manasa">Manasa</a> – a sister of the great serpent king <a href="/wiki/Vasuki_(snake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasuki (snake)">Vasuki</a>. He saved the life of a serpent <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a>, the king of snakes, when the king <a href="/wiki/Janamejaya_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Janamejaya II">Janamejaya</a> organized a snake sacrifice known as <a href="/wiki/Sarpa_Satra" title="Sarpa Satra">Sarpa Satra</a>, where he made great sacrifices of serpents, to avenge for the death of his father <a href="/wiki/Parikshit" title="Parikshit">Parikshit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Avantini">Avantini</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Avantini"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was the wife of <a href="/wiki/Shalya" title="Shalya">Shalya</a> and the mother of Madranjaya, Rukmanagada, Rukmanaratha,Sabidha,Tejasree and Senajiti. She was the princess of Avanti. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ayu">Ayu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Ayu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ayu or Ayus was an ancestor of Shantanu. He was a son <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a> and his apsara wife, <a href="/wiki/Urvashi" title="Urvashi">Urvashi</a>. He married Prabha, an asura princess (daughter of Swarbhanu). He was succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Nahusha" title="Nahusha">Nahusha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMani197596_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMani197596-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ayodhaumya">Ayodhaumya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Ayodhaumya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ayodhaumya/ Dhaumya was a sage of Avanti. He had three disciples namely <a href="/wiki/Aruni" class="mw-redirect" title="Aruni">Aruni</a> of Panchal, <a href="/wiki/Upamanyu" title="Upamanyu">Upamanyu</a> and Veda. He even accompanied the Pandavas into the forest of Kurujangala during their exile. He sang songs of <a href="/wiki/Sama_Veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Sama Veda">Sama Veda</a> referring to <a href="/wiki/Yama" title="Yama">Yama</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="B">B</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Babhruvahana">Babhruvahana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Babhruvahana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Babruvahana" title="Babruvahana">Babruvahana</a></div> <p>Babruvahana was one of the sons of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>, begotten through <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngad%C4%81" title="Chitrāngadā">Chitrangada</a>, the princess of <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Ashvamedha" title="Ashvamedha">Ashvamedha</a> yagna, he killed his father Arjuna without knowing his identity. But Arjuna's other wife <a href="/wiki/Ulupi" title="Ulupi">Ulupi</a> brought back his life with the help of Nagamani. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bahlika">Bahlika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Bahlika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bahlika_(Mahabharata)" title="Bahlika (Mahabharata)">Bahlika (Mahabharata)</a></div> <p>Bahlika, also spelled as Vahlika, was the king of Bahlika kingdom and the elder brother of Shantanu, who was a king of Hastinapur. Along with his son, Somadatta, and grandson, Bhurishravas, he fought on the side of the Kaurava army in the Kurukshetra War and was slain by Bhima on the 14th day of the war when it continued after sunset. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bakasura">Bakasura</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Bakasura"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bakasura" title="Bakasura">Bakasura</a></div> <p>Bakasura was a demon who was killed by <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> near the city of <a href="/wiki/Ekachakra" title="Ekachakra">Ekacakrā</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Balarama">Balarama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Balarama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a></div> <p>Balarama is the elder brother of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He taught both Duryodhana of the Kauravas and Bhima of the Pandavas the art of fighting with a mace. He did not participate in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Banasena">Banasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Banasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was a son of <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna by his wife chandravali</a>. He was an excellent Mace-wielder. On the 16th day of the war, Banasena was fighting with <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> and later killed.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhadra_and_Madira">Bhadra and Madira</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Bhadra and Madira"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhadra and Madira were 3rd and 4th wives of <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a>. They were the daughters of Giribhanu/Sumukha and Padmavati/Pataladevi,and elder sisters of <a href="/wiki/Yashoda" title="Yashoda">Yashoda</a>. Bhadra's sons were Upanidhi, Gada and Keshi. Madira's sons were Nanda, Upananda, Kritaka and Shura. They cremated themselves with Vasudeva. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhadrakali">Bhadrakali</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Bhadrakali"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhadrakali" title="Bhadrakali">Bhadrakali</a></div> <p>Bhadrakali is the fierce form of Devi. To destroy Daksha yajna, She appeared with Veerabhadra. She also mentioned in Shalya Parva, when she was the one of followers of <a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhagadatta">Bhagadatta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Bhagadatta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhagadatta" title="Bhagadatta">Bhagadatta</a></div> <p><b>Bhagadatta</b> was the son of <a href="/wiki/Narakasur" class="mw-redirect" title="Narakasur">Naraka</a>, king of the <a href="/wiki/Pragjyotisha_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pragjyotisha Kingdom">Pragjyotisha Kingdom</a> and second in a line of kings of <a href="/wiki/Naraka_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Naraka dynasty">Naraka dynasty</a>. He sided with <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a> in the Mahabharata war as he was an enemy of Krishna and father in law of Duryodhan. He was killed by Arjuna on the 12th day of battle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bharadvaja">Bharadvaja</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Bharadvaja"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bharadwaja" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharadwaja">Bharadwaja</a></div> <p>Bharadvaja was a sage with divine powers. He was one of the sons of god <a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Brihaspati</a> and the father of <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a> and Shrutavati. Bharadvaja trained his son and his other disciple, <a href="/wiki/Drupada" title="Drupada">Drupada</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bharata">Bharata</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Bharata"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bharata_(Mahabharata)" title="Bharata (Mahabharata)">Bharata (Mahabharata)</a></div> <p>Bharata is an ancestor of the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kauravas</a>. According to the epic, Bharata was the son of Dushyanta and was a <i>Chakravartin.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhima">Bhima</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Bhima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a></div> <p>Bhima is the second born of the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> and son of <a href="/wiki/Vayu" title="Vayu">Vayu</a>. Bhima was considered one of the strongest warriors and slayed prominent figures like demons <a href="/wiki/Bakasura" title="Bakasura">Bakasura</a>, Hidimbasura, Kirmira, Jatasura; warriors like <a href="/wiki/Jarasandha" title="Jarasandha">Jarasandha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kichaka" title="Kichaka">Kichaka</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra" title="Kurukshetra">Kurukshetra</a> war, Bhima alone killed 100 <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a> brothers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhima_of_Vidarbha">Bhima of Vidarbha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Bhima of Vidarbha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Vana Parva of the epic, sage <a href="/wiki/Markandeya" title="Markandeya">Markandeya</a> narrated the story of <a href="/wiki/Nala" title="Nala">Nala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Damayanti" title="Damayanti">Damayanti</a>. Bhima was the king of Vidarbha and the father of <a href="/wiki/Damayanti" title="Damayanti">Damayanti</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhishma">Bhishma</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Bhishma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a></div> <p>Originally named 'Devavrata', he was the eighth son of the <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru</a> King <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a> and the river goddess <a href="/wiki/Ganges_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganges in Hinduism">Ganga</a>. Bhishma was blessed with a boon from his father that he could choose the time of his death or he may remain immortal till he desires. He was related to both the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a> through his half-brother, Vichitravirya (son of Satyavati). He was the commander in chief of the Kaurava army for the first 11 days. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhrigu">Bhrigu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Bhrigu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhrigu" title="Bhrigu">Bhrigu</a></div> <p>Sauti said in the Pauloma Parva that Bhrigu was the son of <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>. He was married to Puloma, who gave birth to Chyavana. When the demon Puloma was carrying off his wife Puloma, she gave birth to his son, Chyavana, by whose brightness the demon was burnt into ashes. When Bhrigu saw his wife crying, he asked the reason. Puloma stated that Agni had said to the demon Puloma that I was the girl with whom Puloma was betrothed. In anger, Bhrigu cursed <a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a> to engulf everything whether pure or impure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhurishravas">Bhurishravas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Bhurishravas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhurishravas" title="Bhurishravas">Bhurishravas</a></div> <p>Bhurishravas was the son of Somadatta and the grandson of Bahlika, hence making him the cousin of Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura. Bhurishravas had two brothers – Bhuri and Shala. Bhurishravas, in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>, is known to have a rivalry with <a href="/wiki/Yadava" title="Yadava">Yadava</a> general <a href="/wiki/Satyaki" title="Satyaki">Satyaki</a>. Bhurishravas is eventually killed by Satyaki in the War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budha">Budha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Budha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a></div> <p>Budha is the illegitimate son of <a href="/wiki/Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a>, the moon god, and <a href="/wiki/Taraka_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taraka (goddess)">Tara</a>, wife of Brihaspati and foster son of <a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Brihaspati</a>. He met <a href="/wiki/Ila_(Hinduism)" title="Ila (Hinduism)">Ilā</a> and married her. From their union, a son was born, who was known as <a href="/wiki/Pururava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pururava">Pururava</a>. Pururavas founded the great <a href="/wiki/Lunar_dynasty" title="Lunar dynasty">lunar dynasty</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brihaspati">Brihaspati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Brihaspati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Brihaspati</a></div> <p>Brihaspati is the son of <a href="/wiki/Angiras" title="Angiras">Angirasa</a>, and husband of <a href="/wiki/Taraka_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taraka (goddess)">Tara</a>. He is the father of <a href="/wiki/Bharadwaja" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharadwaja">Bharadvaja</a> and his descendants are <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashwatthama" title="Ashwatthama">Ashwatthama</a>. He is the foster father of <a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a>. He is the guru of the devas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="C">C</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chandra">Chandra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Chandra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a></div> <p>Chandra is the moon god. He is the son of <a href="/wiki/Anusuya" class="mw-redirect" title="Anusuya">Anusuya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atri" title="Atri">Atri</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Chandravanshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandravanshi">Chandravamsha</a> (lunar dynasty) is named after him. Chandra had an affair with <a href="/wiki/Taraka_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taraka (goddess)">Tara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Brihaspati</a>'s wife. From their union, Tara became pregnant with Chandra's son, <a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a>. Budha's son, <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a>, was the first king of the lunar dynasty. Later, Chandra married <a href="/wiki/Rohini_(goddess)" title="Rohini (goddess)">Rohini</a> and a son named <a href="/wiki/Varchas" title="Varchas">Varchas</a> was born. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chandravarma_Kamboja">Chandravarma Kamboja</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Chandravarma Kamboja"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chandravarma Kamboja is the first <a href="/wiki/Kambojas" title="Kambojas">Kamboja</a> king mentioned by name in the <i><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahābhārata">Mahābhārata</a></i>. He was an ancestor of Duryodhana's wife Bhanumati.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appears to have been an ancient very powerful and renowned (<i>vikhyaat</i>) ruler of the Kambojas. He finds mention in the Adiparva section of the <a href="/wiki/Epic_poetry" title="Epic poetry">epic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahābhārata">Mahābhārata</a></i>, where he is stated to be an Asura or a <a href="/wiki/Demon" title="Demon">demonic</a> ruler.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chitrasena">Chitrasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Chitrasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ghoshayatra" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghoshayatra">Ghoshayatra</a></div> <p>Chitrasena was a son of Kashyapa and Arishta/Pradha and the King of the Gandharvas who prevented the Kauravas from putting up their camp near the pond where he himself had encamped. </p><p>Chitrasena was also introduced in the epic in the Vana Parva, as a teacher of music by <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>. Indra foresaw that Arjuna would have to spend one year at King <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a>'s palace as a eunuch, during which time he would need the knowledge of music and dance. He wanted Arjuna to be trained by the king of the Gandharvas, Chitrasena. Chitrasena began his classes soon and the two also became good friends.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Urvashi" title="Urvashi">Urvashi</a> cursed Arjuna to remain a eunuch for life, it was Chitrasena along with Indra who mediated with her to reduce the tenure of her curse to a single year. Chitrasena was able to achieve this by narrating to her the story of the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> and the bravery of Arjuna.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chekitana">Chekitana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Chekitana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chekitana was the son of <a href="/wiki/Kekaya" title="Kekaya">Kekaya</a> king <a href="/wiki/Dhrishtaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhrishtaketu">Dhrishtaketu</a> and Queen Shrutakirti, a <a href="/wiki/Yadava" title="Yadava">Yadava</a>. He was the leader of <a href="/wiki/Andhaka" title="Andhaka">Andhaka</a> sect of <a href="/wiki/Yadavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Yadavas">Yadavas</a>.Chekitana was described to be a valorous warrior, who fought with warriors like <a href="/wiki/Susharma" title="Susharma">Susharma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kripacharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kripacharya">Kripacharya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dronacharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Dronacharya">Dronacharya</a>. He also rescued <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> from the clutches of <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>. On the 18th day, he was killed by Duryodhana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chitra_and_Chitrasena">Chitra and Chitrasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Chitra and Chitrasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chitra and Chitrasena were brothers and the two kings of the Abhisara Kingdom. Both of them sided with the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War. Chitra was killed by <a href="/wiki/Prativindhya" class="mw-redirect" title="Prativindhya">Prativindhya</a> on the 16th day, whereas Chitrasena was killed by <a href="/wiki/Shrutakarma" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrutakarma">Shrutakarma</a> on the same day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chitrāngada"><span id="Chitr.C4.81ngada"></span>Chitrāngada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Chitrāngada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngada" title="Chitrāngada">Chitrāngada</a></div> <p>Chitrāngada was a king in ancient India. In the <i>Mahabharata</i>, he is the elder son of Shantanu and Satyavati, ascending the throne of Hastinapura after his father's death. However, he is killed by a Gandharva named Chitrāngada soon after that. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gandharva_Chitrāngada"><span id="Gandharva_Chitr.C4.81ngada"></span>Gandharva Chitrāngada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Gandharva Chitrāngada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chitrangada was a Gandharva, who was jealous of Shantanu's son <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngada" title="Chitrāngada">Chitrāngada</a>, for sharing a name. One day, the Gandharva challenged the prince and killed him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chitrāngada_of_Kalinga"><span id="Chitr.C4.81ngada_of_Kalinga"></span>Chitrāngada of Kalinga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Chitrāngada of Kalinga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chitrāngada was the king of the Kalinga kingdom. In the <a href="/wiki/Shanti_Parva" title="Shanti Parva">Shanti Parva</a> of the epic, <a href="/wiki/Narada" title="Narada">Narada</a> narrated that Chitrangada's daughter (<a href="/wiki/Bhanumati_(Mahabharata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhanumati (Mahabharata)">Bhanumati</a>) with Kaurava Duryodhana. After him, <a href="/wiki/Srutayudha" title="Srutayudha">Srutayudha</a> became the king of Kalinga as he had no son. Possibly, his wife was Chandramudra. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chitrāngadā"><span id="Chitr.C4.81ngad.C4.81"></span>Chitrāngadā</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Chitrāngadā"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngad%C4%81" title="Chitrāngadā">Chitrāngadā</a></div> <p>Chitrāngadā was the warrior princess of <a href="/wiki/Manipura" title="Manipura">Manipura</a>. She was the only heir of king Chitravahana and one of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>'s consorts. She had a son named <a href="/wiki/Babruvahana" title="Babruvahana">Babhruvahana</a> with him. Later, Babhruvahana unknowingly killed his father but was revived by <a href="/wiki/Ulupi" title="Ulupi">Ulupi</a>, Chitrāngadā's friend, and co-wife. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chitravahana">Chitravahana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Chitravahana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the king of <a href="/wiki/Manipura" title="Manipura">Manipura</a> and the father of <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngad%C4%81" title="Chitrāngadā">Chitrangadaa</a>. He was also the grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Babruvahana" title="Babruvahana">Babruvahana</a>. His wife was Queen Vasundhara. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="D">D</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: D"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Damayanti">Damayanti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Damayanti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Damayanti" title="Damayanti">Damayanti</a></div> <p>Damayanti is a character in a love story found in the <a href="/wiki/Vana_Parva" title="Vana Parva">Vana Parva</a> book of the <i>Mahabharata</i>. She was a princess of the Vidarbha Kingdom, who married King <a href="/wiki/Nala" title="Nala">Nala</a> of the Nishadha Kingdom. Her story is set long before the Kurukshetra War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dantavakra">Dantavakra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Dantavakra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dantavakra" title="Dantavakra">Dantavakra</a></div> <p>Dantavakra was the king of <a href="/wiki/Karusha_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Karusha Kingdom">Karusha</a> according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Danda_and_Dandadhara">Danda and Dandadhara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Danda and Dandadhara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Danda and Dandadhara is the two princes of <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha Kingdom</a>. They fought the side of Kauravas and killed by <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> during Kurukshetra war.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dasharaja">Dasharaja</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Dasharaja"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dasharaja was the fisherman chieftain of Hastinapura and the father of <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyavati</a>. He was the one who asked Satyavati's heir to be the ruler of Hastinapura, due to which <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a> took a vow of celibacy and a vow not to rule Hastinapura. He is a great-great-grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Darada">Darada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Darada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darada is the king of Bahlika Kingdom. Shushipala eulogized him when he was born the earth was cleaved because of his weight. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Devaki">Devaki</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Devaki"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Devaki" title="Devaki">Devaki</a></div> <p>Devaki was the daughter of Devaka, the cousin of <a href="/wiki/Kamsa" title="Kamsa">Kamsa</a>, wife of <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva_Anakadundubhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasudeva Anakadundubhi">Vasudeva Anakadundubhi</a>, the biological mother of Krishna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Devayani">Devayani</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Devayani"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Devayani" title="Devayani">Devayani</a></div> <p>Devayani was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Shukra" title="Shukra">Shukra</a>, the guru of the <a href="/wiki/Asura" title="Asura">Asuras</a>. She was married to Yayati and gave birth to two sons—<a href="/wiki/Yadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Yadu">Yadu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turvashas" class="mw-redirect" title="Turvashas">Turvasu</a>, and a daughter—Madhavi. Before her marriage, she once fell in love with Brihaspati's son, <a href="/wiki/Kacha_(sage)" title="Kacha (sage)">Kacha</a>. However, Kacha later refused to marry her. She had a friend named <a href="/wiki/Sharmishtha" title="Sharmishtha">Sharmishtha</a> who was secretly in relationship with her husband Yayati.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Devika">Devika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Devika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devika was the daughter of Govasena, the king of the Sivi Kingdom of Shaivya tribe, and the second wife of <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a> they got married in a self choice ceremony. They had a son called Yaudheya. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dhrishtadyumna">Dhrishtadyumna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Dhrishtadyumna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dhrishtadyumna" title="Dhrishtadyumna">Dhrishtadyumna</a></div> <p>Dhrishtadyumna was the son of Drupada and the brother of Draupadi, Shikhandi, and Satyajit in the epic <i>Mahabharata</i>. He had four sons – Kshatradharman, Kshatravarman, Kshatranjaya, and Dhrishtaketu. He was the commander-in-chief of the Pandava army during the entire Kurukshetra War i.e. for 18 days. Dhrishtadyumna killed Drona, the royal guru, when he was meditating which was against the rules of engagement. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dhritrashtra">Dhritrashtra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Dhritrashtra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a></div> <p>In the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, Dhritarashtra is the King of <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru Kingdom</a> with its capital <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">Hastinapur</a>. He was born to <a href="/wiki/Vichitravirya" title="Vichitravirya">Vichitravirya</a>'s first wife <a href="/wiki/Ambika_(Mahabharata)" title="Ambika (Mahabharata)">Ambika</a>. Dhritarashtra was born blind and became father to 100 sons and one daughter Dushala by his wife <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a> (Gāndhārī), and another son <a href="/wiki/Yuyutsu" title="Yuyutsu">Yuyutsu</a> by Sughada, his wife's maid. These children, including the eldest son <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>, came to be known as the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dhrishtaketu_of_Chedi">Dhrishtaketu of Chedi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Dhrishtaketu of Chedi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dhrishtaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhrishtaketu">Dhrishtaketu</a> was the son of Chedi king <a href="/wiki/Shishupala" title="Shishupala">Shishupala</a>, who was a cousin of Krishna. Dhrishtaketu became the king of <a href="/wiki/Chedi_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chedi Kingdom">Chedi</a> after his father's death and became an ally of the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a>. Dhrishtaketu and his brothers and sons participated in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>, where they all were killed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dhrishtaketu_of_Kekeya">Dhrishtaketu of Kekeya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Dhrishtaketu of Kekeya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dhrishtaketu was the ruler of <a href="/wiki/Kekeya_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kekeya Kingdom">Kekeya</a>, and his wife was Shrutakirti, a Yadava who was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Shurasena" title="Shurasena">Shurasena</a>. Many of Dhrishtaketu's sons participated in the Kurukshetra War, participating on both sides. Vrihadkshatra and Chekitana were two of his notable sons. Dhrishtaketu's daughter Bhadra was married to Krishna, who bore him many sons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Draupadi">Draupadi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Draupadi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a></div> <p>Draupadi also referred to as Panchalī, is the most important female and one of the most important characters in <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. She was born from a yajna organized by Panchala King Drupada and is described to be the most beautiful woman of her time. She was the common wife of the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>, who fought their cousins, the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a> in the great <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. She had five sons from each Pandava, who were collectively addressed as the <a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drona">Drona</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Drona"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a></div> <p>In the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, Droṇa or Droṇāchārya was the royal <a href="/wiki/Preceptor" title="Preceptor">preceptor</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>. He was the son of rishi <a href="/wiki/Bharadwaja" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharadwaja">Bharadvaja</a> and a descendant of sage <a href="/wiki/Angiras_(sage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angiras (sage)">Angirasa</a>. He was a master of advanced military arts, including the divine weapons or <a href="/wiki/Astra_(weapon)" title="Astra (weapon)">Astras</a>. He was also the second commander-in-chief of kaurava army from 11th day to 15th day. He was beheaded by <a href="/wiki/Dhrishtadyumna" title="Dhrishtadyumna">Dhrishtadyumna</a> when he was meditating to release his soul on the battlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChakravarti2007_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChakravarti2007-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drupada">Drupada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Drupada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Drupada" title="Drupada">Drupada</a></div> <p>Drupada was the son of King Prishata. He was the king of the land of Southern <a href="/wiki/Panchala" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchala">Panchala</a>. His capital was known as <a href="/wiki/Kampilya" title="Kampilya">Kampilya</a>. He was father of <a href="/wiki/Shikhandi" title="Shikhandi">Shikhandi</a>, Satyajit, <a href="/wiki/Dhrishtadyumna" title="Dhrishtadyumna">Dhrishtadyumna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. He was friend turned rival of Droṇa and rivalry developed when he humiliated Droṇa in front of his ministers. Later, with the help of Arjuna, Droṇa took half of Drupada's kingdom. This led Drupada to perform a yajna from which Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna emerged. He was killed by Droṇa during the Kurukshetra War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Durmasena">Durmasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Durmasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Durmasena was the son of <a href="/wiki/Dushasana" title="Dushasana">Dushasana</a>. He helped his father many times in the Kurukshetra war. He was also present inside the Chakra Vyuha on the thirteenth day of the war. He was deprived of his chariot by Abhimanyu and saved by Ashwatthama by cutting Abhimanyu's arrow in mid air. After that, Durmasena killed brutally injured <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a> in a mace duel. On 14th day, Durmasena was brutally killed by Draupadi's sons, the <a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a>, in revenge for Abhimanyu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Duryodhana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a></div> <p>Duryodhana also is known as Suyodhana, is a major antagonist in <i>Mahabharata</i> and was the eldest of the <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kauravas</a>, the hundred sons of a blind king <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and Queen <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a>. Being the firstborn son of the blind king, he was the crown prince of <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru Kingdom</a> and its capital <a href="/wiki/Hastinapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastinapura">Hastinapura</a> along with his cousin <a href="/wiki/Yudhishtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Yudhishtra">Yudhishtra</a> who was older than him. <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a> was Duryodhana's closest friend and his brother, he died at bhima 's hands at the 18th day of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duryodhana's_wife_(Bhanumati)"><span id="Duryodhana.27s_wife_.28Bhanumati.29"></span>Duryodhana's wife (Bhanumati)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Duryodhana's wife (Bhanumati)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhanumati_(wife_of_Duryodhana)" title="Bhanumati (wife of Duryodhana)">Bhanumati (wife of Duryodhana)</a></div> <p>Duryodhana's wife—named Bhanumati in later retelling—is a minor character is in <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, and mainly appears in the folk tales.<sup id="cite_ref-keith_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keith-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is unnamed in the epic, but it is described that she was the princess of <a href="/wiki/Kalinga_(Mahabharata)" title="Kalinga (Mahabharata)">Kalinga</a> Kingdom and was the daughter of <a href="#Chitrangada_of_Kalinga_kingdom">Chitrangada</a>. She was abducted by Duryodhana with the help of his friend <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a>. From <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>, she is the mother of a son, <a href="/wiki/Laxman_Kumara" class="mw-redirect" title="Laxman Kumara">Laxman Kumara</a>, and daughter, <a href="/wiki/Lakshmanaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakshmanaa">Lakshmanaa</a>. Bhanumati's mother-in-law <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a> described her to <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> in the posterior to the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">battle of Kurukshetra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Durga">Durga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Durga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></div> <p>Goddess Durga is also mentioned in the Mahabharata. In <a href="/wiki/Virata_Parva" title="Virata Parva">Virata Parva</a> and Bhishma Parva of the epic, she was eulogized by <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dushala">Dushala</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Dushala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dushala" title="Dushala">Dushala</a></div> <p>Dushala was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a>, the sister of the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a> and the wife of the king of Sindhu, Jaydrath. She was the only daughter of Gandhari from the 101 children. She had a son named Suratha, who succeeded his father, after Jayadratha was killed by Arjuna in the Mahabharata War. Suratha was slewn by Arjuna during his campaign in Sindhu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dushasana">Dushasana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Dushasana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dushasana" title="Dushasana">Dushasana</a></div> <p>Dushasana was a <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a> prince, the second son of the blind king <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a> and the younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_epic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu epic">Hindu epic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. Dushasana married the princess of the Trigarta Kingdom. In a later retelling, she is known as Chandramukhi.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They had a son named Drumasena. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dushyanta">Dushyanta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Dushyanta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dushyanta" title="Dushyanta">Dushyanta</a></div> <p>Dushyanta was an ancestor of Shantanu and a king of Hastinapura. He was the husband of <a href="/wiki/Shakuntala" title="Shakuntala">Shakuntala</a> and the father of the <a href="/wiki/Bharata_(Mahabharata)" title="Bharata (Mahabharata)">Emperor Bharata</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="E">E</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: E"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ekalavya">Ekalavya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Ekalavya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ekalavya" title="Ekalavya">Ekalavya</a></div> <p>Ekalavya (English: एकलव्य, ékalavya) is a character from the epic the <i>Mahābhārata</i>. He was a young prince of the Nishadha, a confederation of jungle tribes (Adivasi) in Ancient India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="G">G</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: G"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gandhari">Gandhari</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: Gandhari"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(Mahabharata)" title="Gandhari (Mahabharata)">Gandhari (Mahabharata)</a></div> <p>Gandhari is one of the prominent characters in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> epic the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. She was a princess of <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a> (modern-day Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) and the wife of <a href="/wiki/Dhritrashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhritrashtra">Dhritrashtra</a>, the blind king of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastinapura">Hastinapura</a>, and the mother of a hundred sons, the <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kauravas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gandhari's_maid"><span id="Gandhari.27s_maid"></span>Gandhari's maid</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Gandhari's maid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chief maid of Gandhari—named Sughada in later retelling—was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Yuyutsu" title="Yuyutsu">Yuyutsu</a>. When Gandhari was pregnant for more than nine months, Dhritrashtra, in fear that there would be no heir, impregnated the maid. Later Gandhari gave birth to the 100 Kauravas and Sughada gave birth to Yuyutsu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ganesha">Ganesha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: Ganesha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></div> <p>Ganesha is the god of beginnings. He is the son of <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>. The epic poem <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> says that the sage <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a> asked him to serve as his scribe to transcribe the poem as he dictated it to him. Ganesha agreed but only on the condition that Vyasa recites the poem uninterrupted, that is, without pausing. The sage agreed but found that to get any rest he needed to recite very complex passages so Ganesha would have to ask for clarifications.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ganga">Ganga</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: Ganga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ganga_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganga in Hinduism">Ganga in Hinduism</a></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, Ganga was the first wife of <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a>, and the mother of heroic warrior-patriarch, <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a>. When she met Shantanu for the first time, Shantanu asked her to become his wife. She agreed on the condition that he would not ask her a single question. Later, she gave birth to 8 children, who were <a href="/wiki/Vasu" title="Vasu">Vasus</a> reborn as mortals due to a curse. Ganga drowned her seven sons as the Vasus requested her to do so. However, Shantanu stopped her from drowning their eighth son, who was Bhishma, and asked her questions. Ganga's condition was broken and she left Shantanu. However, she promised him to return his son. When Bhishma is mortally wounded in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>, Ganga came out of the water in human form and wept uncontrollably over his body. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghatotkacha">Ghatotkacha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: Ghatotkacha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ghatotkacha" title="Ghatotkacha">Ghatotkacha</a></div> <p>Ghatotkacha was the son of the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hidimbi" title="Hidimbi">Hidimbi</a>. His name comes from the fact that his head was hairless (<i>utkaca</i>) and shaped like a <a href="/wiki/Ghatam" title="Ghatam">ghatam</a>. He died in <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a> in the hands of Karna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ghritachi">Ghritachi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: Ghritachi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ghritachi is one of the prominent <a href="/wiki/Apsara" title="Apsara">Apsara</a>. In the <i>Mahabharata</i>, she appeared in Adi Parva. According to the story, she was bathing in a river. Bharadvaja was passing by, then he saw her. He was filled with desire and discharged his seed. It fell into a pot and Drona was born. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="H">H</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: H"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hanuman">Hanuman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Hanuman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></div> <p>Unlike <a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a>, lord Hanuman does not have a large role in <i>Mahabharata</i>. He appears during the exile of Pandavas. In the story, <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>, Hanuman's celestial brother, performed a penance to gain more strength. Hanuman wanted to test Bhima and appeared as a normal monkey in front of him. The monkey asked Bhima to lift his tail if he believed in his strength. But, Bhima was not able to lift the tail. Later, he realised who the monkey was and apologized.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hanuman taught battle-skills to Bheema for some time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hayagriva">Hayagriva</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: Hayagriva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hayagriva" title="Hayagriva">Hayagriva</a></div> <p>Hayagriva was a horse headed avatar of Vishnu. He incarnated to slay the demons named Madhu and Kaitabha and brings the Vedas to Brahma.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hidimb/_Hidimba"><span id="Hidimb.2F_Hidimba"></span>Hidimb/ Hidimba</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: Hidimb/ Hidimba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hidimb" class="mw-redirect" title="Hidimb">Hidimb</a></div> <p>Hidimba was a <a href="/wiki/Rakshasa" title="Rakshasa">Rakshasa</a> and the brother of Hidimbi. He was killed by <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>, who later married his sister. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hidimbi">Hidimbi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: Hidimbi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hidimbi" title="Hidimbi">Hidimbi</a></div> <p>Hiḍimbī or Hiḍimbā was a Rakshasi in the <i>Mahābhārata</i>. Hidimbi, along with her brother, Hidimba, tried to eat the Pandavas, when they entered their forest. But when she met Bhima, she fell in love with him and told them the plan. After <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> killed Hidimba, Hidimbi married Bhima and gave birth to <a href="/wiki/Ghatotkacha" title="Ghatotkacha">Ghatotkacha</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="I">I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ila">Ila</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: Ila"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ila_(Hinduism)" title="Ila (Hinduism)">Ila (Hinduism)</a></div> <p>Ila or Ilā was a character from <i>Mahabharata</i> who could change his/her gender. As a woman, she married <a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a>, son of Chandra, and had a son named <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a>. Pururavas's descendants founded the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_dynasty" title="Lunar dynasty">lunar dynasty</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indra">Indra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=90" title="Edit section: Indra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a></div> <p>In the epic, Indra appears numerous times. He is son of <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aditi" title="Aditi">Aditi</a>. He is the spiritual father of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. He was the reason for the separation of <a href="/wiki/Urvashi" title="Urvashi">Urvashi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a>. During his temporary absence, <a href="/wiki/Nahusha" title="Nahusha">Nahusha</a> took his place as the king. He is called by <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> after <a href="/wiki/Yama" title="Yama">Dharmaraj</a> and Vayu. Later in the epic, he is shown protecting Takshaka's forest from Arjuna. The <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a> named their capital, <a href="/wiki/Indraprastha" title="Indraprastha">Indraprastha</a>, after him. During the exile of Pandavas, Arjuna came to meet him. During the Kurukshetra war, he took the indestructible armor and earrings from <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a> and gave him a powerful weapon. These were some of his appearances in the epic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iravan">Iravan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=91" title="Edit section: Iravan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iravan" title="Iravan">Iravan</a></div> <p>Iravan also is known as Aravan and Iravat<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a minor character in <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>. He was a son of <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> prince <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> (one of the main heroes of the Mahabharata) and the <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Naga</a> princess <a href="/wiki/Ulupi" title="Ulupi">Ulupi</a>, Iravan is the central deity of the cult of <b>Kuttantavar</b> which is also the name commonly given to him in that cult—and plays a major role in the cult of <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. Iravan played a huge role in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. On the 7th day, he massacred the Kaurava army and killed many brothers of <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a>. However, on the 8th day, in a battle of many illusions and magical powers, Iravan is beheaded by the demon Alambusha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="J">J</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=92" title="Edit section: J"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jambavati">Jambavati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=93" title="Edit section: Jambavati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jambavati" title="Jambavati">Jambavati</a></div> <p>Jambavati is second of the <a href="/wiki/Ashtabharya" title="Ashtabharya">Ashtabharya</a>, the eight principal queen-consorts of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. She was the only daughter of the bear-king <a href="/wiki/Jambavan" title="Jambavan">Jambavan</a>. Krishna married her, when he defeated Jambavan to retrieve the stolen <a href="/wiki/Syamantaka" title="Syamantaka">Syamantaka</a> jewel.<sup id="cite_ref-Jamba_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jamba-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Janamejaya">Janamejaya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=94" title="Edit section: Janamejaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Janamejaya" title="Janamejaya">Janamejaya</a></div> <p>Janamejaya was a Kuru king and a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Parikshit" title="Parikshit">Parikshit</a> and the grandson of <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uttar%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttarā">Uttarā</a>. He performed a snake sacrifice called <a href="/wiki/Sarpa_Satra" title="Sarpa Satra">Sarpa Satra</a> to avenge his father's death, who was killed by <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a>, Arjuna's naga enemy. <a href="/wiki/Astika" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika">Astika</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Manasa" title="Manasa">Manasa</a>, stopped the sacrifice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Janapadi">Janapadi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=95" title="Edit section: Janapadi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Janapadi is an <a href="/wiki/Apsara" title="Apsara">Apsara</a>, who once roamed in the forests. One day, upon seeing her, Shardavan, son of <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Maharishi" title="Gautama Maharishi">Gautama Maharishi</a> discharged his seed. From his seed, <a href="/wiki/Kripa" title="Kripa">Kripa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kripi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kripi">Kripi</a> were born. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jara">Jara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=96" title="Edit section: Jara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jara was a demoness. When King Brihadratha's queen threw away their half-born child, Jara joined the two halves. The child was named <b>Jarasandha</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jarasandha">Jarasandha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=97" title="Edit section: Jarasandha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jarasandha" title="Jarasandha">Jarasandha</a></div> <p>According to the Hindu epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, <b>Jarasandha</b> was a powerful king of <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a>. He was a descendant of a king <a href="/wiki/Brihadratha" title="Brihadratha">Brihadratha</a>, the creator of the Barhadratha dynasty of Magadha. He was killed by second Pandava <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=98" title="Edit section: Jaratkaru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a> was a sage who wandered all over the earth and remained unmarried. He encountered his ancestors who hung upside down, leading to hell for he did not have any son. This led to his marriage with the snake goddess, Manasa. They gave birth to Astika who saved the snakes from being burnt during the snake sacrifice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jatasura">Jatasura</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=99" title="Edit section: Jatasura"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Vana Parva of Mahabharata, Jatasura was a demon. He attacked the Pandavas in there exile. Then Bhima killed him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jaidrath">Jaidrath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=100" title="Edit section: Jaidrath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jayadratha" title="Jayadratha">Jayadratha</a></div> <p><b>Jaidrath</b> was King of Sindhu Kingdom. He was the son of King Vridhakshtra. He was married to <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a>' only sister and only daughter of <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a>, Dushala. He kidnapped <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a> on <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>'s order but was stopped by <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>. His hairs were cut off as a punishment. He was the biggest reason for <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a>'s death. Abhimanyu's father <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> swore to kill Jaidrath and he fulfill his oath. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jayatsena">Jayatsena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=101" title="Edit section: Jayatsena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jayatsena is the son of <a href="/wiki/Jarasandha" title="Jarasandha">Jarasandha</a> and king of <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a>. He is stated as one of the powerful kings of the time, who could be summoned to the cause of the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>, before Kurukshetra war. He accepted that and came with an Akshauhini on the side of Pandavas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="K">K</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=102" title="Edit section: K"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kadru">Kadru</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=103" title="Edit section: Kadru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kadru" title="Kadru">Kadru</a></div> <p>Kadru was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Daksha" title="Daksha">Daksha</a> and wife of <a href="/wiki/Kasyapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasyapa">Kasyapa</a>. She was the mother of thousand <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81gas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nāgas">nāgas</a>. She even cursed her children for not obeying her to be burnt in the snake sacrifice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kaalvakra">Kaalvakra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=104" title="Edit section: Kaalvakra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the most loyal companion, commander-in-chief and main bodyguard of <a href="/wiki/Kamsa" title="Kamsa">Kamsa</a>. He was always appreciated by Kamsa. He was also cruel like Kamsa. When <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> was killing Kamsa, <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a> killed him by beating him and cutting his head with hands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kalaratri">Kalaratri</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=105" title="Edit section: Kalaratri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kalaratri" title="Kalaratri">Kalaratri</a></div> <p>Kalaratri is the seventh among the Navadurgas. She is stated in Sauptika Parva. When she appears to the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> soldiers in dreams, she appears amidst the fighting during an attack by <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a>'s son <a href="/wiki/Ashwatthama" title="Ashwatthama">Ashwatthama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kalki">Kalki</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=106" title="Edit section: Kalki"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kalki" title="Kalki">Kalki</a></div> <p>Kalki is the final incarnation of the preserver deity, <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>. He is stated in <a href="/wiki/Vana_Parva" title="Vana Parva">Vana Parva</a> of the epic, to incarnate at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a> and protect dharma, by destroying the sinners and <a href="/wiki/Mleccha" title="Mleccha">Mlecchas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kacha">Kacha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=107" title="Edit section: Kacha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kacha_(sage)" title="Kacha (sage)">Kacha (sage)</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kacha_(sage)" title="Kacha (sage)">Kacha</a>'s story is mentioned in <i>Mahabharata</i>'s Adi Parva. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Brihaspati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tara_(Hindu_goddess)" title="Tara (Hindu goddess)">Tara</a>. He was sent by Devas to Sukracharya's ashram to learn about Mrita Sanjeevani mantra. Sukra's daughter Devyani fell in love with him. However, Kacha later refused to marry her.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kamsa">Kamsa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=108" title="Edit section: Kamsa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kamsa" title="Kamsa">Kamsa</a></div> <p>Kamsa or Kamsa was the tyrant ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Vrishni" title="Vrishni">Vrishni</a> kingdom with its capital at <a href="/wiki/Mathura,_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathura, Uttar Pradesh">Mathura</a>. He is the brother of <a href="/wiki/Devaki" title="Devaki">Devaki</a>, the mother of the god <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> who later slew Kamsa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kanika">Kanika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=109" title="Edit section: Kanika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kanika was a sage of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">Hastinapur</a>. He acted as a counselor to <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Yudhisthira" class="mw-redirect" title="Yudhisthira">Yudhisthira</a> was announced the crown prince, Dhritarashtra became sad for his sons were deceived. And at this time Kanika was summoned to counsel the king, who advised Dhritarashtra not to resort to fight but remove his foes secretly. Unethical methods may also be adopted for killing a foe, was his advice. Then he narrated a story of a jackal, who deceived his companions (tiger, mongoose, wolf, and mouse) by tricking them. Influenced by his counsels Dhritarashtra exiled the Pandavas to Varanavata and constructed the house of lac.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karenumati">Karenumati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=110" title="Edit section: Karenumati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Karenumati was the daughter of Damaghosha,and Srutashrava. And the sister of <a href="/wiki/Chedi_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chedi Kingdom">Chedi</a> king <a href="/wiki/Shishupala" title="Shishupala">Shishupala</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dhrishtaketu" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhrishtaketu">Dhrishtaketu</a>. She was the wife of <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and begot him a son, Nirumitra. Nirumitra succeeded his father Nakula to the throne of the Northern Madra Kingdom. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karna">Karna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=111" title="Edit section: Karna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a></div> <p>In the epic, Karna is one of the main antagonist, he was the spiritual son of <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a> (the Sun deity) and son of princess <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> (later the Pandu's queen). He was raised by foster <i>Suta</i> parents named Radha and Adhiratha after his mother abandoned him at birth. Adhiratha was the charioteer and poet profession working for king <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a>. Karna grows up to be an accomplished warrior, a gifted speaker and becomes a loyal friend of <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is appointed the king of <a href="/wiki/Anga" title="Anga">Anga</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>) by Duryodhana. Karna joined the Duryodhana's side in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a> and was defeated by many warriors like Arjuna, Bhima, Abhimanyu and Satyaki. Karna fought valiantly after the fall of Bhishma, and killed various warriors on the Pandava side, he was born with a natural armour and earrings. He was one of the 9 warriors who unfairly killed Abhimanyu inside the Chakravyuh, he shared a great rivalry with Arjuna; though after his death he was loved and missed by the Pandavas. He had 3 curses and was killed by Arjuna on 17th Day of the War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karna's_adoptive_brothers"><span id="Karna.27s_adoptive_brothers"></span>Karna's adoptive brothers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=112" title="Edit section: Karna's adoptive brothers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Adhiratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Adhiratha">Adhiratha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radha_(Mahabharata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radha (Mahabharata)">Radha</a>, the adoptive parents of <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a>, had some biological children. Karna's adoptive brothers were killed during the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KarnaFam_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KarnaFam-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In later retelling, one of them is named Shona, who was killed by <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a> on the 13th day of Kurukshetra War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Karna's_wives"><span id="Karna.27s_wives"></span>Karna's wives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=113" title="Edit section: Karna's wives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wives_of_Karna" title="Wives of Karna">Wives of Karna</a></div> <p>In the original <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, there are some mentions of Karna's wife. Her name is not revealed, sometimes assumed as Vrushali.It is described that she belonged to Suta (charioteer) community.<sup id="cite_ref-KarnaFam_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KarnaFam-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The names and stories appear in later texts and interpolation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kauravas">Kauravas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=114" title="Edit section: Kauravas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a></div> <p>Kauravas were the 102 sons of Dhritarashtra. Out of which, 101 were his legitimate children from his wife <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(Mahabharata)" title="Gandhari (Mahabharata)">Gandhari</a>. He had one illegitimate son named <a href="/wiki/Yuyutsu" title="Yuyutsu">Yuyutsu</a>, who was conceived through a maid during Gandhari's two-year-long pregnancy. Out of these children, <a href="/wiki/Dushala" title="Dushala">Dushala</a> is the only girl. The names of the 102 Kauravas are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Yuyutsu" title="Yuyutsu">Yuyutsu</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dushasana" title="Dushasana">Dushasana</a></li><li>Duhsaha</li><li>Duhshal</li><li>Durmukha</li><li>Vivinsati</li><li><a href="/wiki/Vikarna" title="Vikarna">Vikarna</a></li><li>Jalasandha</li><li>Sulochna</li><li>Vinda</li><li>Anuvinda</li><li>Durdharsha</li><li>Suvahu</li><li>Dushpradharshana</li><li>Durmarshana</li><li>Dushkarna</li><li>Karna</li><li>Chitra</li><li>Vipachitra</li><li>Chitraksha</li><li>Charuchitra</li><li>Angada</li><li>Durmada</li><li>Dushpradharsha</li><li>Vivitsu</li><li>Vikata</li><li>Sama</li><li>Urananabha</li><li>Padmanabha</li><li>Nanda</li><li>Upanandaka</li><li>Sanapati</li><li>Sushena</li><li>Kundodara</li><li>Mahodara</li><li>Chitravahu</li><li>Chitravarman</li><li>Suvarman</li><li>Durvirochana</li><li>Ayovahu</li><li>Mahavahu</li><li>Chitrachapa</li><li>Sukundala</li><li>Bhimavega</li><li>Bhimavala</li><li>Valaki</li><li>Bhimavikrama</li><li>Ugrayudha</li><li>Bhimaeara</li><li>Kanakayu</li><li>Dridhayudha</li><li>Dridhavarman</li><li>Dridhakshatra</li><li>Somakirti</li><li>Anadara</li><li>Jarasandha</li><li>Dridhasandha</li><li>Satyasandha</li><li>Sahasravaeh</li><li>Ugrasravas</li><li>Ugrasena</li><li>Kshemamurti</li><li>Aprajita</li><li>Panditaka</li><li>Visalaksha</li><li>Duradhara</li><li>Dridhahasta</li><li>Suhasta</li><li>Vatavega</li><li>Suvarchasa</li><li>Adityaketu</li><li>Vahvasin</li><li>Nagadatta</li><li>Anuyaina</li><li>Nishangi</li><li>Kuvachi</li><li>Dandi</li><li>Dandadhara</li><li>Dhanugraha</li><li>Ugra</li><li>Bhimaratha</li><li>Vira</li><li>Viravahu</li><li>Alolupa</li><li>Abhaya</li><li>Raudrakarman</li><li>Dridharatha</li><li>Anadhrishya</li><li>Kundaveda</li><li>Viravi</li><li>Dhirghalochana</li><li>Dirghavahu</li><li>Mahavahu</li><li>Vyudhoru</li><li>Kanakangana</li><li>Kundaja</li><li>Chitraka</li><li><a href="/wiki/Dushala" title="Dushala">Dushala</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kauravya">Kauravya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=115" title="Edit section: Kauravya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the father of <a href="/wiki/Ulupi" title="Ulupi">Ulupi</a> and grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Iravan" title="Iravan">Iravan</a>. His wife was Vishvahini. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keechak">Keechak</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=116" title="Edit section: Keechak"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kichaka" title="Kichaka">Kichaka</a></div> <p>Keechak was the general of the Matsya kingdom. He was the brother of <a href="/wiki/Sudeshna" title="Sudeshna">Sudeshna</a>, queen of Matsya. He was very powerful and feared by <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a> and the citizens of the kingdom. He was killed by <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> when he tried to molest <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kirmira">Kirmira</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=117" title="Edit section: Kirmira"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kirmira" title="Kirmira">Kirmira</a></div> <p>Kirmira was a demon and younger brother of demons <a href="/wiki/Bakasura" title="Bakasura">Baka</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a> went <a href="/wiki/Kamyaka_Forest" title="Kamyaka Forest">Kamyaka Forest</a>, Kirmira encountered them and challenged <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> for a fight as Bhima killed his brother Baka. After a tough fight, Bhima beheaded Kirmira. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kratha">Kratha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=118" title="Edit section: Kratha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kratha is the Kshatriya king and the reincarnation of <a href="/wiki/Rahu" title="Rahu">Rahu</a>. He fought the side of Kauravas and killed by a Kulinda king during Kurukshetra war.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kripa">Kripa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=119" title="Edit section: Kripa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kripa" title="Kripa">Kripa</a></div> <p>Kripa was the son of Śaradvān and Jānapadī, born in a particularly extraordinary manner. He was the grandson of <a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Gautam" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharishi Gautam">Maharishi Gautama</a>. He was a descendant of sage <a href="/wiki/Angiras_(sage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angiras (sage)">Angiras</a>. He along with his sister Kripi were adopted by King <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a>. Later on Kripa became an <i><a href="/wiki/Acharya" title="Acharya">acharya</a></i>, teacher of the royal children, giving him the honorific <i>Kripacharya</i>. His twin sister Kripi married <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a>. Kripa was among the Maharathis who fought on the Kauravas's side against the Pandavas in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurukshetra war">Kurukshetra war</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> epic of the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kripi">Kripi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=120" title="Edit section: Kripi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kripi was the sister of <a href="/wiki/Kripa" title="Kripa">Kripa</a>. She and her brother were adopted by the <i>Rajguru</i> of King <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a>. Her actual parents were Saradvan and Janapadi. She married <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Dronacharya</a>, who was poor at that time. When they wanted a powerful son, they prayed to Shiva, and a son named <a href="/wiki/Ashwathama" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashwathama">Ashwathama</a> was born. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Krishna">Krishna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=121" title="Edit section: Krishna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krishna_in_the_Mahabharata" title="Krishna in the Mahabharata">Krishna in the Mahabharata</a></div> <p>Krishna is a Hindu deity. He is also a major character in epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. He was an eighth avatar of Vishnu. He was born to <a href="/wiki/Devaki" title="Devaki">Devaki</a> and her husband, <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Yadava" title="Yadava">Yadava</a> clan in <a href="/wiki/Mathura" title="Mathura">Mathura</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>, he became strategist of Padavas and charioteer of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. At the start of the <a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a> <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">Yudhha</a> (righteous war) between <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kauravas</a>, Arjuna is filled with <a href="/wiki/Morality" title="Morality">moral</a> <a href="/wiki/Dilemma" title="Dilemma">dilemma</a> and despair about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his own kin. He wonders if he should renounce and seeks Krishna's counsel, whose answers and discourse constitute the <i>Bhagavad Gita</i>. Krishna counsels Arjuna to "fulfill his <a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a> (warrior) duty to uphold the <a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a>" through "selfless action". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kritavarma">Kritavarma</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=122" title="Edit section: Kritavarma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kritavarma" title="Kritavarma">Kritavarma</a></div> <p>Kritavarma was one of the <a href="/wiki/Yadava" title="Yadava">Yadava</a> warriors and chieftain, and a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. During Kuruksetra war, Kritavarma fought for Kauravas along with Krishna's Narayani sena and was one of survivors of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kunti-Bhoja">Kunti-Bhoja</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=123" title="Edit section: Kunti-Bhoja"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Mahabharata, <b>Kunti-Bhoja</b> (or <b>Kuntibhoja</b>) was the adoptive father of <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> and cousin of <a href="/wiki/Shurasena" title="Shurasena">Shurasena</a>. He was the ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Kunti_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunti Kingdom">Kunti Kingdom</a>. Kunti was a daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Shurasena" title="Shurasena">Shurasena</a> but was later given to Kuntibhoja since he was devoid of children.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kuntibhoja raised her as his own daughter and loved her.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was very beautiful and intelligent and later married <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Kunti was a young girl, the sage <a href="/wiki/Durvasa" title="Durvasa">Durvasa</a> visited Kuntibhoja one day and sought his hospitality. The king entrusted the sage to Kunti's care and tasked Kunti with the responsibility of serving the sage and meeting all his needs during his stay with them.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Mahabharata,_Vana_Parva,_Chapter_301_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Mahabharata,_Vana_Parva,_Chapter_301-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, the sage was gratified. Before departing, he rewarded Kunti by teaching her <i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">mantras</a> which enabled her to invoke any <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">god</a> of her choice to beget children by them.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Mahabharata,_Adi_Parva,_Chapter_111_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Mahabharata,_Adi_Parva,_Chapter_111-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son Visharada succeeded him who was killed by <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a> on the eighth day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kunti">Kunti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=124" title="Edit section: Kunti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a></div> <p>Kunti or Pritha was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Shurasena" title="Shurasena">Shurasena</a>, and the foster daughter of his cousin <a href="/wiki/Kuntibhoja" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuntibhoja">Kuntibhoja</a>. She was married to King <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">Hastinapur</a> and was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a> and the Pandavas <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. She was the paternal aunt of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Subhadra" title="Subhadra">Subhadra</a>. She was the step mother of <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>. She was very beautiful and intelligent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kuru">Kuru</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=125" title="Edit section: Kuru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kuru is the name of the ancestor of the clan of the Kurus in the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Samvarana" title="Samvarana">Samvarana</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Tapati" title="Tapati">Tapati</a>, the daughter of the Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the literature, Kuru is an ancestor of <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a> and his descendants, the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a>, and also of <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and his descendants, the <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kauravas</a>. This latter name derived as a <a href="/wiki/Patronym" class="mw-redirect" title="Patronym">patronym</a> from "Kuru", is only used for the descendants of Dhritarashtra.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King Kuru had two wives named Shubhangi and Vahini. He had a son named Viduratha with Shubhangi, and five sons with Vahini, named Ashvavat, Abhishyat, Citraratha, Muni, and Janamejaya.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to his merits and great ascetic practices the region "Kurujangal" was named after him. It has also been known as <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra" title="Kurukshetra">Kurukshetra</a> since ancient Vedic times.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="L">L</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=126" title="Edit section: L"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lakshmana_Kumara">Lakshmana Kumara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=127" title="Edit section: Lakshmana Kumara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Laxman_Kumara" class="mw-redirect" title="Laxman Kumara">Laxman Kumara</a></div> <p>In the Hindu epic <i>Mahabharata</i>, Laxman Kumara or simply Laxman (Lakshman(a)) is the son of Duryodhana, and grandson of Dhritarashtra. He had a twin sister called Lakshmanaa who was kidnapped by Samba (Krishna's son). Not much is revealed about Laxman in the Mahabharata, He was beheaded by Abhimanyu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lakshmanaa">Lakshmanaa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=128" title="Edit section: Lakshmanaa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a></i>, Lakshmanaa (also spelled Laxmanaa or Lakshmanā), also known as Lakshana, is the daughter of Duryodhana. Little is revealed about Laxmanaa in the text other than her marriage to Krishna's son <a href="/wiki/Samba_(Krishna%27s_son)" title="Samba (Krishna's son)">Samba</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="M">M</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=129" title="Edit section: M"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madanjaya">Madanjaya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=130" title="Edit section: Madanjaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was Prime Minister of Kuru Kingdom before <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a>. When <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a> gave his post to Vidura, he tried to kill Vidura but he fought and was beheaded by Bhishma. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madhavi">Madhavi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=131" title="Edit section: Madhavi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Madhavi_(princess)" title="Madhavi (princess)">Madhavi (princess)</a></div> <p>Madhavi was the daughter of King Yayati. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madranjaya">Madranjaya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=132" title="Edit section: Madranjaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Shalya" title="Shalya">Shalya</a> and Avantini who was killed on second day of war by <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madrasena">Madrasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=133" title="Edit section: Madrasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Shalya" title="Shalya">Shalya</a> and elder brother of Madri. He was uncle of <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>. He was unmarried and was killed by <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a> along with Shalya on the last day of war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madri">Madri</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=134" title="Edit section: Madri"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Madri" title="Madri">Madri</a></div> <p>In the <i>Mahabharata</i> epic, Madri, was sister of <a href="/wiki/Shalya" title="Shalya">Shalya</a>, princess of the <a href="/wiki/Madra_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Madra Kingdom">Madra Kingdom</a>, second wife of <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a> and the mother of two sons: <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One day, Pandu and Madri made love; this led Pandu to die due to his curse and Madri to commit suicide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malini">Malini</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=135" title="Edit section: Malini"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was maid of <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a> married to a Kshatriya soldier Pralanksena. Her son Nakusha was Bodyguard of <a href="/wiki/Drupada" title="Drupada">Drupada</a>. Her husband and son were killed by <a href="/wiki/Drona" title="Drona">Drona</a> before Drupada's death on the 15th day of war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manasa">Manasa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=136" title="Edit section: Manasa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Manasa" title="Manasa">Manasa</a></div> <p>In the <i>Mahabharata</i>, <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Naga</a> Goddess Manasa is the wife of <a href="/wiki/Jaratkaru" title="Jaratkaru">Jaratkaru</a>. They had a son, <a href="/wiki/Astika_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika (Hinduism)">Astika</a>, who saved the serpents including <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a> from <a href="/wiki/Sarpa_Satra" title="Sarpa Satra">Sarpa Satra</a> organised by king <a href="/wiki/Janamejaya" title="Janamejaya">Janamejaya</a> to avenge his <a href="/wiki/Parikshit" title="Parikshit">father's</a> death.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manimat">Manimat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=137" title="Edit section: Manimat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Manimat or Maniman is the king who was the rebirth of Vritra, the son of Danayu. He fought the side of Pandavas and killed by <a href="/wiki/Bhurishravas" title="Bhurishravas">Bhurishravas</a> in the Kurukshetra war.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marisha">Marisha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=138" title="Edit section: Marisha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Shurasena" title="Shurasena">Shurasena</a> was married to a <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Nāga</a> (or serpent) woman named Marisha. She bore all of his children and was the cause for <a href="/wiki/Vasuki" title="Vasuki">Vasuki</a>’s boon to Bhima.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Surasena_as_Yadava_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Surasena_as_Yadava-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after whom the <a href="/wiki/Surasena_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Surasena Kingdom">Surasena Kingdom</a> or mahajanpada and the Yadava sect of <a href="/wiki/Surasena" title="Surasena">Surasenas</a><sup id="cite_ref-ShooApabhramsa_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShooApabhramsa-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were named. She was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a> as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Markandeya">Markandeya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=139" title="Edit section: Markandeya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Markandeya" title="Markandeya">Markandeya</a></div> <p>Markandeya was blessed by Shiva to remain young till the end of <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i>. In the Mahabharat, Markandeya visits the Pandavas during their exile and tells them the story of <a href="/wiki/Nala" title="Nala">Nala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Damayanti" title="Damayanti">Damayanti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Savitri_and_Satyavan" title="Savitri and Satyavan">Savitri and Satyavan</a>, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Menaka">Menaka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=140" title="Edit section: Menaka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Menaka" title="Menaka">Menaka</a></div> <p>Menaka was a beautiful apsara. She was sent by Indra to fill Vishwamitra with lust and destroy his penance. Upon seeing her, Vishwamitra was filled with desire and from their union, <a href="/wiki/Shakuntala" title="Shakuntala">Shakuntala</a>, mother of great king Bharat, was born. Menaka left Shakuntala and Vishwamitra again started to meditate. Shakuntala was left with sage Kanva. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Muchukunda">Muchukunda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=141" title="Edit section: Muchukunda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Muchukunda" title="Muchukunda">Muchukunda</a></div> <p>Muchukunda, son of <a href="/wiki/King_Mandhata" class="mw-redirect" title="King Mandhata">King Mandhata</a>, and brother of equally illustrious <a href="/wiki/Ambarisha" title="Ambarisha">Ambarisha</a>, was born in the <a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Ikshvaku</a> dynasty. He later became a sage and his divine powers killed <a href="/wiki/Kalyavana" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalyavana">Kalyavana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="N">N</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=142" title="Edit section: N"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nala">Nala</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=143" title="Edit section: Nala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nala" title="Nala">Nala</a></div> <p>Nala is the main character of a <a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Nal_and_Damayanti_in_Bhakti_and_Sufism_Accounts" title="The Story of Nal and Damayanti in Bhakti and Sufism Accounts">love story</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Vana_Parva" title="Vana Parva">Vana Parva</a> of Mahabharata. He was king of Nishada. He fell in love with <a href="/wiki/Damayanti" title="Damayanti">Damayanti</a> and married her. But they struggled a lot after their marriage. His story is set long before the Kurukshetra war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nahusha">Nahusha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=144" title="Edit section: Nahusha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nahusha" title="Nahusha">Nahusha</a></div> <p>Nahusha was a king from lunar dynasty and an ancestor of <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a>. He was the son Ayu and Prabha. He was equal to <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a> in every way and was made the ruler of Swarga in Indra's absence. He married <a href="/wiki/Ashokasundari" title="Ashokasundari">Ashokasundari/Viraja</a>, the daughter of Devi Parvati and Shiva, and had a son named <a href="/wiki/Yayati" title="Yayati">Yayati</a>. He was removed from his position as the king because of his arrogance and cursed to a snake. His curse was over when he met <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a> in a forest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nakula">Nakula</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=145" title="Edit section: Nakula"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a></div> <p>Nakula was fourth of the five <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> brothers. Nakula and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a> were twins born to <a href="/wiki/Madri" title="Madri">Madri</a>, who had invoked the <a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Kumaras" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashwini Kumaras">Ashwini Kumaras</a>. Nakula and his brother <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>, are both called as <i>Ashvineya</i> (आश्विनेय), as they were born from Ashvinas. Nakula was said to be a skilled master in sword-fighting. On the 18th day of Kurukshetra War, Nakula had killed three sons of Karna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nand">Nand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=146" title="Edit section: Nand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nand_Baba" class="mw-redirect" title="Nand Baba">Nand Baba</a></div> <p>Nand was the head of the Gopas tribe of Yadava cowherds referred as Holy Gwals. He was a friend of <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudev</a>, spouse of <a href="/wiki/Yashoda" title="Yashoda">Yashoda</a> and the foster father of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Narakasura">Narakasura</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=147" title="Edit section: Narakasura"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Narakasura" title="Narakasura">Narakasura</a></div> <p>Narakasura was the son of <a href="/wiki/Bh%C5%ABmi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhūmi">Bhumi</a>, the earth goddess. He gained a boon that only his mother could kill him. He captured and married women forcefully. Krishna and <a href="/wiki/Satyabhama" title="Satyabhama">Satyabhama</a> (the human incarnation of Bhumi) killed him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Niramitra">Niramitra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=148" title="Edit section: Niramitra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, <b>Niramitra</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">निरमित्र</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'he who has no enemies') was the son of <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Karenumati" class="mw-redirect" title="Karenumati">Karenumati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rengarajan1999_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rengarajan1999-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="P">P</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=149" title="Edit section: P"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Padmavati">Padmavati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=150" title="Edit section: Padmavati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Padmavati is the goddess who mentioned in Tantras.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also mentioned in Shalya Parva of the epic, as one of the followers of Kartikeya.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parashara">Parashara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=151" title="Edit section: Parashara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Parashara" title="Parashara">Parashara</a></div> <p>Parashara was a sage. He was the grandson of <a href="/wiki/Vasishtha" title="Vasishtha">Vasishtha</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aakti_Mahar%E1%B9%A3i" class="mw-redirect" title="Śakti Maharṣi">Śakti Maharṣi</a>, and the father of <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a>. Before <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyavati</a> married Shantanu, she had an affair with Parashara. During that time, she was known as Matsyagandha. Later they had a child named Vyasa. However they parted away but before leaving, Parashara restored Matsyagandha's virginity and gave her an enchanting scent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parashuram">Parashuram</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=152" title="Edit section: Parashuram"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Parashuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Parashuram">Parashuram</a></div> <p>Parashuram is the <a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">sixth avatar</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and he is one of the chiranjeevis who will appear at the end of the <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i>. He was born to destroy evil Kshatriya, who had begun to abuse their power. <a href="/wiki/Parashurama" title="Parashurama">Parashurama</a> is also the Guru of <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dronacharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Dronacharya">Dronacharya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JonesRyan2006p324_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JonesRyan2006p324-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lochtefeld2002p500_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lochtefeld2002p500-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parikshit">Parikshit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=153" title="Edit section: Parikshit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Parikshit" title="Parikshit">Parikshit</a></div> <p>Parikshit was a king from kuru lineage. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna's</a> son) and <a href="/wiki/Uttar%C4%81_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttarā (Mahabharata)">Uttarā</a>. When he was in his mother's womb, he was attacked and killed by <a href="/wiki/Ashwatthama" title="Ashwatthama">Ashwatthama</a> using <a href="/wiki/Brahmastra" title="Brahmastra">Brahmastra</a>. However Shri Krishna revived him and named him Parikshit. After the Pandavas and Draupadi retired for heaven, he was crowned as the new king. Later, <a href="/wiki/Kali_(demon)" title="Kali (demon)">Kali (demon)</a> manipulated Parikshit and he placed a dead snake on a meditating rishi. The Rishi's son saw it and cursed him to die by a snakebite. After he was bitten and killed by <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a>, his son <a href="/wiki/Janamejaya" title="Janamejaya">Janamejaya</a> performed <a href="/wiki/Sarpa_Satra" title="Sarpa Satra">Sarpa Satra</a>. This is where he hears the story of his great-grandfathers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pandu">Pandu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=154" title="Edit section: Pandu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a></div> <p>Pandu was the king of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">Hastinapur</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Ambalika" title="Ambalika">Ambalika</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vichitravirya</a>. He is popularly known as the father of the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a>, who were called so after him. Pandu was responsible and a great warrior, who expanded his kingdom during his rule. He had two wives named Kunti and Madri. He died early due to a curse of a sage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pandya">Pandya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=155" title="Edit section: Pandya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is the king of Pandya Kingdom. He came to help the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a> with an army and also an maharathi on the side of Pandavas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paurava">Paurava</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=156" title="Edit section: Paurava"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Paurava is a king and the rebirth of Asura Sarabha. He fought the side of <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kauravas</a> and was killed by Arjuna during Kurukshetra war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prabha">Prabha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=157" title="Edit section: Prabha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prabha, sometimes Indumati, was the daughter of Asura <a href="/wiki/Svarbhanu" class="mw-redirect" title="Svarbhanu">Svarbhanu</a>, who later became <a href="/wiki/Rahu" title="Rahu">Rahu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ketu_(mythology)" title="Ketu (mythology)">Ketu</a>. She married <a href="/wiki/Characters_in_the_Mahabharata#Ayu" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters in the Mahabharata">Ayu</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lunar_dynasty" title="Lunar dynasty">lunar dynasty</a>, and had a son named <a href="/wiki/Nahusha" title="Nahusha">Nahusha</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pradyumna">Pradyumna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=158" title="Edit section: Pradyumna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pradyumna" title="Pradyumna">Pradyumna</a></div> <p>Pradyumna was the son of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rukmini" title="Rukmini">Rukmini</a>. He is the reincarnation of <a href="/wiki/Kamadeva" title="Kamadeva">Kamadeva</a>, who was burnt by <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> for shooting arrow of love at him. After his birth, he was kidnapped by <a href="/wiki/Sambara" class="mw-redirect" title="Sambara">Sambara</a> and thrown into water. However, he survived and was raised by Mayawati (reincarnation of devi <a href="/wiki/Rati" title="Rati">Rati</a>). Later, he defeated Sambara and returned to <a href="/wiki/Dwarka" title="Dwarka">Dvaraka</a>. He married Mayawati, Prabhavati and <a href="/wiki/Vidarbha" title="Vidarbha">Vidarbha</a> princess Rukmavati, and had a son <a href="/wiki/Aniruddha" title="Aniruddha">Aniruddha</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pratipa">Pratipa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=159" title="Edit section: Pratipa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pratipa" title="Pratipa">Pratipa</a></div> <p>Pratipa was a king in the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, who was the father of <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a> and grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prativindhya">Prativindhya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=160" title="Edit section: Prativindhya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prativindhya was the son of <a href="/wiki/Yudhisthir" class="mw-redirect" title="Yudhisthir">Yudhishthira</a> and <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. He was the eldest brother among <a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prishati">Prishati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=161" title="Edit section: Prishati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prishati (lit. daughter-in-law of Prishata) was the wife of King <a href="/wiki/Drupada" title="Drupada">Drupada</a> and the mother of <a href="/wiki/Shikhandini" class="mw-redirect" title="Shikhandini">Shikhandini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhrishtadhyumna" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhrishtadhyumna">Dhrishtadhyumna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a> (Panchali) and the sister-in-law of Satyajit, Drupada's younger brother. After Drupada performed a <a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">yajna</a> (fire-sacrifice) to obtain a powerful son, she was asked by the sages to consume the sacrificial offering to conceive a child. However, Prishati had perfumed saffron in her mouth and requested the sages to wait till she had a bath and washed her mouth. The sages criticised her untimely request and poured the offering into the flames of the yajna, from which Dhrishtadhyumna and Draupadi emerged. Overwhelmed by their arrival, Prishati requested the sages to declare her as the mother of Dhrishtadhyumna and Draupadi.<sup id="cite_ref-C169_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C169-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purochana">Purochana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=162" title="Edit section: Purochana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Purochana was the builder of the <a href="/wiki/Lakshagraha" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakshagraha">Lakshagraha</a>. However, he, along with his wife and her sons, perished in the fire. He was the royal chief architect in Hastinapura. He was a friend of Shakuni and Duryodhana. Purochana built the Lakshagraha palace and burnt it. He was killed by Bhima in the Lakshagraha palace. Purochana had a wife and many sons. In his last life, Purochana had been Prahasta, Ravana's uncle and commander-in-chief of his army. Shakuni and Duryodhana made another plan to kill the Pandavas. Shakuni told Purochana to build a really beautiful palace in Varnavrata out of only materials that can catch and spread fire easily. Purochana quickly did as Shakuni had said. Purochana called the palace Lakshagraha. It was made out of materials such as wax and twigs. After some time, Shakuni convinced the Pandavas and Kunti to visit Lakshagraha. Purochana and his wife welcomed the Pandavas and Kunti grandly. After 10 days, during the night, Purochana set fire on the palace. The Pandavas woke up and realized that this had been another one of Duryodhana and Shakuni's evil schemes. Bhima got really mad. While Purochana and his sons and wife were trying to escape, Bhima killed all of them, including Purochana. The Pandavas barely managed to escape the fire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pururavas">Pururavas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=163" title="Edit section: Pururavas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a></div> <p>Pururavas was the first king from the lunar dynasty. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ila_(Hinduism)" title="Ila (Hinduism)">Ila</a>. He married <a href="/wiki/Urvashi" title="Urvashi">Urvashi</a> but she left him. He was succeeded by his son, Ayu.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="R">R</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=164" title="Edit section: R"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radha">Radha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=165" title="Edit section: Radha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Radha was the <a href="/wiki/Fosterage" title="Fosterage">foster</a> mother of <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a>, one of the central characters in the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_epic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu epic">Hindu epic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. She was the wife of <a href="/wiki/Adhiratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Adhiratha">Adhiratha</a>, the charioteer of <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a>. Radha also bore a son named <a href="/wiki/Characters_in_the_Mahabharata#Shon" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters in the Mahabharata">Shon</a>. The young <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> used a <i><a href="/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">mantra</a></i> to beget a son from the Sun god <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a>. Afraid of the taint of being an unwed mother, she placed the baby in a basket and set him afloat a river. The child later known as Karna was found and adopted by Radha and Adiratha, who raised Karna as their own. Karna is known by the matronymic <i>Radheya</i>. Karna, once he knows from Krishna and Kunti about his birth secret, having done so much harm to his brothers Pandavas, was in no position to abandon Duryodhana.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revati">Revati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=166" title="Edit section: Revati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Revati" title="Revati">Revati</a></div> <p>In <i>Mahabharata</i>, Revati was daughter of King Kakudmi and consort of <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a>, the elder brother of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rohini_(wife_of_Vasudeva)"><span id="Rohini_.28wife_of_Vasudeva.29"></span>Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=167" title="Edit section: Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rohini_(wife_of_Vasudeva)" title="Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)">Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)</a></div> <p>She was the wife of <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a> and mother of <a href="/wiki/Balrama" class="mw-redirect" title="Balrama">Balrama</a>. She looked after <a href="/wiki/Balaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Balaram">Balaram</a> in his childhood. After Vasudeva and <a href="/wiki/Devaki" title="Devaki">Devaki</a> were released, she started living with them. After the passing of Vasudeva in the Yadu massacre, Rohini cremates herself on Vasudeva's pyre along with his other wives Devaki, Bhadra and Madira.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rochamana">Rochamana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=168" title="Edit section: Rochamana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rochamana was Kshatriya king of Aswamedha kingdom. He was a warrior on the side of <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a> and killed by Karna in the Kurukshetra war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rukmi">Rukmi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=169" title="Edit section: Rukmi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rukmi" title="Rukmi">Rukmi</a></div> <p>Rukmi was the ruler of Vidarbha. He was the son of king Bhishmaka and elder brother of Rukmini. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rukmini">Rukmini</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=170" title="Edit section: Rukmini"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rukmini" title="Rukmini">Rukmini</a></div> <p>Rukmini was the first and chief queen consort of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. She was an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. She was the daughter of king Bhishmaka, sister of Rukmi and the princess of Vidarbha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ruru">Ruru</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=171" title="Edit section: Ruru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ruru was a rishi(sage) of the epic <i>Mahabharata</i>. He was the son of Pramati and Ghritachi, the celestial dancer and a descendant of Bhrigu. Ruru married Pramadvara, foster-daughter of sage Sthulakesha. He was the father of Sunaka. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="S">S</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=172" title="Edit section: S"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=173" title="Edit section: Sahadeva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a></div> <p>Sahadeva was the youngest of the five <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> brothers. <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and Sahadev were twins born to <a href="/wiki/Madri" title="Madri">Madri</a> who had invoked the <a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a>. Sahadeva had two wives, Draupadi and Vijaya. Draupadi was the common wife of Pandavas, while Vijaya was the beloved wife of Sahadeva. Similar to his twin brother Nakula, Sahadeva was also accomplished in swordsmanship. On the 18th of war, Sahadeva had killed <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a> who was mainly responsible for the Kurukshetra War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sahadeva_of_Magadha">Sahadeva of Magadha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=174" title="Edit section: Sahadeva of Magadha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva_of_Magadha" title="Sahadeva of Magadha">Sahadeva of Magadha</a></div> <p>Sahadeva was the son of powerful king <a href="/wiki/Jarasandha" title="Jarasandha">Jarasandha</a>. When Bhima slew his father, Krishna declared him to be the new ruler of Magadha. Sahadeva is a frequent ally of the Pandavas, and attended the rajasuya of Yudhishthira. During the Kurukshetra War, he fought on the side of Pandavas, and was slain by Karna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sakradeva">Sakradeva</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=175" title="Edit section: Sakradeva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was son of King <a href="/wiki/Srutayudha" title="Srutayudha">Srutayudha</a> and Queen Sakrayani of <a href="/wiki/Kalinga_(Mahabharata)" title="Kalinga (Mahabharata)">Kalinga</a>. He was the <a href="/wiki/Yuvaraja" title="Yuvaraja">yuvaraja</a> (crown prince) of Kalinga. He was killed by <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a> on the second day of war along with many soldiers, and two generals, Satya and Satyadeva. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Samba">Samba</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=176" title="Edit section: Samba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Samba_(Krishna%27s_son)" title="Samba (Krishna's son)">Samba (Krishna's son)</a></div> <p>Samba is the mischievous son of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and his second wife, <a href="/wiki/Jambavati" title="Jambavati">Jambavati</a>. He was born as a boon of Shiva. Samba was the husband of <a href="/wiki/Lakshmanaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakshmanaa">Lakshmana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>'s daughter. Later in the epic, his mischief becomes the reason for the destruction of Krishna's Yadu clan, owing to the curse of <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Samudrasena">Samudrasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=177" title="Edit section: Samudrasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samudrasena is a king. Once, Bhima defeated Samudrasena and his son, Chandrasena, during his war of conquest. In the Kurukshetra War, he fought on the side of the Pandavas and was killed by the Kaurava army.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shamika">Shamika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=178" title="Edit section: Shamika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shamika is a sage featured in the epic. One day, while hunting, Parikshit had wounded a deer, but lost it in the woods. Searching for it, fatigued, he asked the meditating Shamika about the deer. The sage did not answer as he was observing the vow of silence. This angered the king, who placed a dead snake on Shamika's shoulder. Sringin, the son of Shamika, enraged by this act, cursed Parikshit to be killed by <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a> (snake) within seven days. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Samvarana">Samvarana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=179" title="Edit section: Samvarana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Samvarana" title="Samvarana">Samvarana</a></div> <p>Samvarana was a king from the Lunar dynasty and an ancestor of Shantanu. He married <a href="/wiki/Tapati" title="Tapati">Tapati</a>, daughter of Surya, and had a child named <a href="/wiki/Characters_in_Mahabharata#Kuru" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters in Mahabharata">Kuru</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sanjaya">Sanjaya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=180" title="Edit section: Sanjaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sanjaya" title="Sanjaya">Sanjaya</a></div> <p>Sanjaya was <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a>'s advisor and also his <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">charioteer</a>. Sanjaya was a disciple of the sage <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a> and was immensely devoted to his master, King <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a>. Sanjaya – who has the gift of seeing events at a distance (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Divya-drishti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Divya-drishti (page does not exist)">divya-drishti</a>) right in front of him, granted by the sage Vyasa – narrates to Dhritarashtra the action in the climactic battle of <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra" title="Kurukshetra">Kurukshetra</a>, which includes the <i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sarama">Sarama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=181" title="Edit section: Sarama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sarama" title="Sarama">Sarama</a></div> <p>Sarama, according to the <i>Mahabharata</i>, is a celestial female dog. Janamejaya and his brothers beat one of her sons without any reason when the dog arrives at an occasion of sacrifice. This angers Sarama, and she curses the princes and Janamejaya that evil may happen to them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satrajit">Satrajit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=182" title="Edit section: Satrajit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Satrajit" title="Satrajit">Satrajit</a></div> <p>Featured in the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a>, Satrajit was a <a href="/wiki/Yadava" title="Yadava">Yadava</a> king who was a great devotee of <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a>, the Sun god. He is famous for his role in the story of <a href="/wiki/Syamantaka" title="Syamantaka">Syamantaka</a> gem. He was the father of <a href="/wiki/Satyabhama" title="Satyabhama">Satyabhama</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna's</a> third wife.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMani1975701_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMani1975701-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satyabhama">Satyabhama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=183" title="Edit section: Satyabhama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Satyabhama" title="Satyabhama">Satyabhama</a></div> <p>Satyabhama is the third consort of Krishna. She is believed to be an avatar of Bhumi, the goddess of the Earth. According to some traditions, she is regarded to have aided Krishna in defeating the demon Narakasura. She visited the Pandavas during their exile and had a conversation with Draupadi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satyajit">Satyajit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=184" title="Edit section: Satyajit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Satyajit was the brother of King <a href="/wiki/Drupada" title="Drupada">Drupada</a> and brother-in-law of Queen Prishati and the younger paternal uncle of <a href="/wiki/Shikhandi" title="Shikhandi">Shikhandini</a>/Shikhandi, <a href="/wiki/Dhrishtadyumna" title="Dhrishtadyumna">Dhrishtadyumna</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. Not much is written about him in the epic, but he acted as a regent while his brother, the king, was away for some time for summoning the sages Yaja and Upayaja for a powerful penance to beget children. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satyaki">Satyaki</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=185" title="Edit section: Satyaki"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Satyaki" title="Satyaki">Satyaki</a></div> <p>Yyudhana, also known as Satyaki, was a powerful warrior belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Vrishni" title="Vrishni">Vrishni</a> clan of the <a href="/wiki/Yadava" title="Yadava">Yadavas</a>, to which <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> also belonged. Satyaki was also a student of Arjuna, due to which he fought on the Pandavas's side. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satyavati">Satyavati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=186" title="Edit section: Satyavati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyavati</a></div> <p>Satyavati is a matriarch of the Kuru dynasty in the <i>Mahabharata</i>. She was a fisherwoman before her marriage with <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a>. She, along with her father, Dasharaja, proposed the conditions that led <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a> to take his vow of celibacy. Married to Shantanu, she became the mother of <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngada" title="Chitrāngada">Chitrangada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vichitravirya" title="Vichitravirya">Vichitravirya</a>. She is also the mother of the <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a>, the author of the epic, whom she called to engage in <a href="/wiki/Niyoga" title="Niyoga">niyoga</a> when Vichitravirya died without leaving an heir. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Savitri_and_Satyavan">Savitri and Satyavan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=187" title="Edit section: Savitri and Satyavan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Savitri_and_Satyavan" title="Savitri and Satyavan">Savitri and Satyavan</a></div> <p>In the <i>Mahabharata</i>, Savitri and Satyavan are characters appearing in the <a href="/wiki/Vana_Parva" title="Vana Parva">Vana Parva</a> of the epic. Savitri is a princess born by the boon of <a href="/wiki/Savitr" title="Savitr">Savitr</a>. Described to be wise and beautiful, she fell in love with and married Satyavan, a prince who was destined to die at a very young age. The latter part of the story describes Savitri's love, and her wit, which saves her husband from <a href="/wiki/Yama" title="Yama">Yama</a>, the god of death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senavindu">Senavindu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=188" title="Edit section: Senavindu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Senavindu, also called as Senabindu, is a king and the rebirth of the asura Tuhunda. Arjuna twice defeated this king during his <i>digvijaya</i>. He is stated by Drupada as one of the kings who could be summoned to the cause of the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra War. He was killed by the Kauravas in the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shakuni">Shakuni</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=189" title="Edit section: Shakuni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a></div> <p>Shakuni was the prince of <a href="/wiki/Gandhara_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhara Kingdom">Gandhara Kingdom</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a>. He is a major antagonist in the epic. He was the brother of <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a> and hence <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>'s maternal uncle. Shakuni was killed by Sahadeva on the 18th day of the Kurukshetra War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shakuntala">Shakuntala</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=190" title="Edit section: Shakuntala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shakuntala" title="Shakuntala">Shakuntala</a></div> <p>Shakuntala was the wife of <a href="/wiki/Dushyanta" title="Dushyanta">Dushyanta</a> and the mother of <a href="/wiki/Bharata_(Mahabharata)" title="Bharata (Mahabharata)">Emperor Bharata</a>. Her story is told in the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and dramatized by many writers, the most famous adaption being <a href="/wiki/K%C4%81lid%C4%81sa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kālidāsa">Kalidasa</a>'s play <i><a href="/wiki/Shakuntala_(play)" title="Shakuntala (play)">Abhijñānaśākuntala</a></i> (<i>The Sign of Shakuntala</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shalva">Shalva</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=191" title="Edit section: Shalva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shalva was the king of the <a href="/wiki/Salwa_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Salwa Kingdom">Shalva</a> kingdom. He and <a href="/wiki/Amba_(Mahabharata)" title="Amba (Mahabharata)">Amba</a>, the princess of Kashi, fell in love, and Amba decided to choose him during her svayamvara. However, <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a> won the princesses for his brother Vichitravirya. When Amba told Bhishma about her love, he sent her with honour to Shalva. But Shalva rejected her and told her that he would not be able marry her as she had been won by Bhishma. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shalya">Shalya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=192" title="Edit section: Shalya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shalya" title="Shalya">Shalya</a></div> <p>In the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, King Shalya was the brother of <a href="/wiki/Madri" title="Madri">Madri</a> (mother of <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>), as well as the ruler of the <a href="/wiki/Madra_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Madra Kingdom">Madra</a> kingdom. A powerful spear fighter and a formidable charioteer, he was tricked by <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a> to fight the war on the side of the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a>. On the last day of the Kurukshetra War, Yudhishthira killed him during a spear fight. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shankha">Shankha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=193" title="Edit section: Shankha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shankha was third son of King <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a>. He was killed by <a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a> on the very first day of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shantanu">Shantanu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=194" title="Edit section: Shantanu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a></div> <p>Shantanu was a <a href="/wiki/Kuru_(kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru (kingdom)">Kuru</a> king of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastinapura">Hastinapura</a> in the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. He was a descendant of the <a href="/wiki/Bh%C4%81ratas" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhāratas">Bharata</a> race, of the Lunar dynasty, and great-grandfather of the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kauravas</a>. He was the youngest son of King <a href="/wiki/Pratipa" title="Pratipa">Pratipa</a> of Hastinapura and had been born in the latter's old age. He was the husband of <a href="/wiki/Ganga_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganga in Hinduism">Ganga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyavati</a>. He was the father of Devavrata (<a href="/wiki/Bhishma" title="Bhishma">Bhishma</a>), <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngada" title="Chitrāngada">Chitrāngada</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vichitravirya" title="Vichitravirya">Vichitravirya</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sharmishtha">Sharmishtha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=195" title="Edit section: Sharmishtha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sharmishtha" title="Sharmishtha">Sharmishtha</a></div> <p>Sharmishtha was an asura princess and a spouse of Yayati, an ancestor of Shantanu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shatanika">Shatanika</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=196" title="Edit section: Shatanika"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shatanika was the son of <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. He was the third brother among the <a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shaunaka">Shaunaka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=197" title="Edit section: Shaunaka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shaunaka headed the sages during their conclave at his twelve-year sacrifice, where <a href="/wiki/Ugrashravas" title="Ugrashravas">Ugrashravas</a> Sauti recited the <i>Mahabharata</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shikhandi">Shikhandi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=198" title="Edit section: Shikhandi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shikhandi" title="Shikhandi">Shikhandi</a></div> <p>Shikhandi was born as a girl named Shikhandini, to <a href="/wiki/Drupada" title="Drupada">Drupada</a>, the king of <a href="/wiki/Panchala_Kingdom_(Mahabharata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchala Kingdom (Mahabharata)">Panchala</a>. She changed her sex with a <a href="/wiki/Yaksha" title="Yaksha">yaksha</a> and took the name Shikhandi. He fought in the Kurukshetra War for the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> along with his father Drupada and brother <a href="/wiki/Dhristadyumna" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhristadyumna">Dhristadyumna</a>. He was the princess <a href="/wiki/Amba_(Mahabharata)" title="Amba (Mahabharata)">Amba</a> in his previous birth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shishupala">Shishupala</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=199" title="Edit section: Shishupala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shishupala" title="Shishupala">Shishupala</a></div> <p>Shishupala was the son of Damaghosha. He was slain by his cousin <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, at the great coronation ceremony of <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a> as punishment for his exceeding insults against the deity. He was also called Chaidya, being a member of the Chedi kingdom. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shrutakarma">Shrutakarma</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=200" title="Edit section: Shrutakarma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shrutakarma was the son of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. He was the youngest brother among the <a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shrutasena">Shrutasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=201" title="Edit section: Shrutasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shrutasena was the son of <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. He was the fourth brother among <a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shukra">Shukra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=202" title="Edit section: Shukra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shukra" title="Shukra">Shukra</a></div> <p>Shukra is the son of sage <a href="/wiki/Bhrigu" title="Bhrigu">Bhrigu</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Kavyamata" title="Kavyamata">Kavyamata</a>. After the devas killed his mother (who was later revived), Shukra developed a deep hatred towards the devas and became the guru of the asuras. He had a daughter named <a href="/wiki/Devayani" title="Devayani">Devayani</a>, who was married to the king <a href="/wiki/Yayati" title="Yayati">Yayati</a>. But Yayati had an affair with Devayani's maid, <a href="/wiki/Sharmishtha" title="Sharmishtha">Sharmishtha</a>. This led Shukra to curse Yayati to lose his youth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shveta">Shveta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=203" title="Edit section: Shveta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the second son of <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a>, also called Shvetavarman. He was killed on the first day of the war by <a href="/wiki/Shalya" title="Shalya">Shalya</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shvetaki">Shvetaki</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=204" title="Edit section: Shvetaki"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shvetaki was a king who performed numerous yajnas. He is the reason of the destruction of the Khandava forest (Khandava Dahana).<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sons_of_Karna">Sons of Karna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=205" title="Edit section: Sons of Karna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Great Karna's sons were <a href="/wiki/Vrishasena" title="Vrishasena">Vrishasena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vrishaketu" title="Vrishaketu">Vrishaketu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banasena" class="mw-redirect" title="Banasena">Banasena</a>, Chitrasena, Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya, Dvipata, and Prasena. All except for Vrishaketu were killed in the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sons_of_Shalya">Sons of Shalya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=206" title="Edit section: Sons of Shalya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Shalya" title="Shalya">Shalya</a> and Avantini's three sons were Madranjaya, Rukmanagada, and Rukmanaratha. Madranjaya was the eldest than other two with a gap of 10 years. Rukmanagada and Rukmanaratha were twins. Madranjaya was killed on 2nd day of war by <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a> and other two were killed by <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a> inside the chakravyuha on 13th day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sons_of_Shishupala">Sons of Shishupala</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=207" title="Edit section: Sons of Shishupala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The four sons of <a href="/wiki/Chedi_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chedi Kingdom">Chedi</a> King <a href="/wiki/Shishupala" title="Shishupala">Shishupala</a> were Dhrishtaketu, Mahipala, Suketu, Sarabha. They had a sister named <a href="/wiki/Karenumati" class="mw-redirect" title="Karenumati">Karenumati</a> who was younger than Dhrishtaketu but elder than other three. Dhrishtaketu succeeded the throne of Chedi after Shishupala's death. Dhrishtaketu was killed by Drona on 6th day of war and other three were killed by Shakuni's son Vrikasura. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shreniman">Shreniman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=208" title="Edit section: Shreniman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shreniman was a king. He ruled the Kumaradesa. <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> defeated him during his digvijaya. In the Kurukshetra War, he fought on the side of the Pandavas and was killed by Drona. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subala">Subala</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=209" title="Edit section: Subala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Subala" class="mw-redirect" title="Subala">Subala</a> was the father of <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a>. He was the King of Gandhara and he was the husband of Sudharma. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subhadra">Subhadra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=210" title="Edit section: Subhadra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Subhadra" title="Subhadra">Subhadra</a></div> <p>In the epic, she is the sister of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a>, wife of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> and mother of <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a> and grandmother of <a href="/wiki/Parikshit" title="Parikshit">Parikshit</a>. She is the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a> and <a href="#Rohini_(wife_of_Vasudeva)">Rohini</a>. When Arjuna visited Dvaraka, he fell in love with Subhadra and ran away with her. <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> believe Subhadra to be a form of the goddess named <a href="/wiki/Yogmaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Yogmaya">Yogamaya</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sudakshina">Sudakshina</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=211" title="Edit section: Sudakshina"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sudakshina" title="Sudakshina">Sudakshina</a></div> <p>Sudakshina was a king of the Kambojas, and fought on the side of the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War. She was so beautiful in all order </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sudeshna">Sudeshna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=212" title="Edit section: Sudeshna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sudeshna" title="Sudeshna">Sudeshna</a></div> <p>Sudeshna was the wife of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Uttara_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttara (Mahabharata)">Uttara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttarā">Uttarā</a>, Shveta, and Shankha. She had a younger brother named <a href="/wiki/Kichaka" title="Kichaka">Kichaka</a> and a brother-in-law named Sahtanika. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sunaka">Sunaka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=213" title="Edit section: Sunaka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sunaka was the son of Sage Ruru and Pramadvara. This royal sage was a member of Yudhishthira's assembly. He received a sword from King Harivamsha and presented it to the king Ushinara.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Surya">Surya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=214" title="Edit section: Surya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a></div> <p>Surya is the god of the Sun. He is a son of <a href="/wiki/Aditi" title="Aditi">Aditi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a>. He is the consort of <a href="/wiki/Saranyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Saranyu">Saranyu</a>. In the epic, he was the first god called by <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> using the mantra given by the sage <a href="/wiki/Durvasa" title="Durvasa">Durvasa</a> to obtain a child. She did it out of curiosity and gave birth to <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a>, who was born with indestructible armour and earrings. During that time, as she was not married, she had to abandon the child. Later in the epic, Surya gave the <a href="/wiki/Akshaya_Patra" title="Akshaya Patra">Akshaya Patra</a> to <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Susharma">Susharma</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=215" title="Edit section: Susharma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Susharma was the king of the Trigarta Kingdom. He supported the Kauravas in the war. He was a friend of Duryodhana. He was killed by Arjuna on the fourteenth day of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sutasoma">Sutasoma</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=216" title="Edit section: Sutasoma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sutasoma was the son of Bhima and Draupadi. He was the second brother among the Upapandavas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Svaha">Svaha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=217" title="Edit section: Svaha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Svaha" title="Svaha">Svaha</a></div> <p>Svaha is the daughter of Prajapati <a href="/wiki/Daksha" title="Daksha">Daksha</a> and the wife of <a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a>. In the Vana Parva, the sage <a href="/wiki/Markandeya" title="Markandeya">Markandeya</a> narrated her story to the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>. As per the story, Agni visited the <a href="/wiki/Ashram" title="Ashram">ashram</a> of the seven <a href="/wiki/Saptarshi" title="Saptarshi">Saptarshi</a> and saw their wives. He was attracted towards them, but controlled his lust. Svaha was attracted to Agni, and wishing to sleep with him, she assumed the form of the wives of sages (except <a href="/wiki/Arundhati_(Hinduism)" title="Arundhati (Hinduism)">Arundhati</a>), slept with Agni six times, later becoming his consort. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="T">T</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=218" title="Edit section: T"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Takshaka">Takshaka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=219" title="Edit section: Takshaka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a></div> <p>Takshaka was the king of nagas. He lived in a city named Takshasila, which was the new territory of Takshaka after his race was banished by Pandavas led by Arjuna from the Khandava Forest and Kurukshetra, where they built their new kingdom. Because of this, he made a fierce rivalry with Arjuna. During the Kurukshetra war, he sat on an arrow of Karna which was shot at Arjuna. However Krishna saved Arjuna. After his failure, Takshaka vowed to end Arjuna's lineage. After the Pandavas and Draupadi left for heaven, Takshaka killed Parikshit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tapati">Tapati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=220" title="Edit section: Tapati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tapati" title="Tapati">Tapati</a></div> <p>Tapati is a river goddess. She is daughter of <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chhaya" title="Chhaya">Chhaya</a>. She married <a href="/wiki/Samvarana" title="Samvarana">Samvarana</a> and had a child named <a href="/wiki/Characters_in_Mahabharata#Kuru" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters in Mahabharata">Kuru</a>. Kuru was an ancestor of Shantanu. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tilottama">Tilottama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=221" title="Edit section: Tilottama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tilottama" title="Tilottama">Tilottama</a></div> <p>In the Hindu epic <i>Mahabharata</i>, Tilottama is described to have been created by the divine architect <a href="/wiki/Vishwakarma" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwakarma">Vishwakarma</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>'s request, by taking the best quality of everything as the ingredients. She was responsible for bringing about the mutual destruction of the Asuras, <a href="/wiki/Sunda_and_Upasunda" title="Sunda and Upasunda">Sunda and Upasunda</a>. Even gods like Indra are described to be enamoured by Tilottama. Her story was told by sage <a href="/wiki/Narada" title="Narada">Narada</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> as he wanted to tell them how a woman can lead to rivalry between brothers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tara">Tara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=222" title="Edit section: Tara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Taraka_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taraka (goddess)">Taraka (goddess)</a></div> <p>Tara is the goddess of felicity. She is spouse of <a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Brihaspati</a>, a guru of gods and mother of <a href="/wiki/Kacha_(sage)" title="Kacha (sage)">Kacha</a>. Brihaspati often ignored Tara and she started to have an affair with <a href="/wiki/Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a>, the moon god and eloped with him. From their union, <a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a> was born, whose son, <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a>, founded the lunar dynasty. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U">U</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=223" title="Edit section: U"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usha">Usha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=224" title="Edit section: Usha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/U%E1%B9%A3%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Uṣā">Uṣā</a></div> <p>Uṣā or Usha was daughter of <a href="/wiki/Banasura" title="Banasura">Banasura</a>, powerful king of Sonitpur and a devotee of Shiva. Later Usha was married to <a href="/wiki/Aniruddha" title="Aniruddha">Aniruddha</a>, grandson of Krishna.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ugrasena">Ugrasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=225" title="Edit section: Ugrasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ugrasena" title="Ugrasena">Ugrasena</a></div> <p>Ugrasena (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">उग्रसेन</span>) is a Yadava king in <i>Mahabharata</i> epic. He was the king of Mathura, a kingdom that was established by the powerful Vrishni tribes from Yaduvanshi clan. Krishna was the grandson of Ugrasena. He established his grandfather as the ruler of Mathura again after defeating his uncle, King Kamsa who was a cruel and greedy ruler. Before this, King Ugrasena was overthrown from power by his own son Kamsa and was sentenced to prison along with his daughter Devaki and son in law Vasudeva to prison. Devki and Vasudev were parents of Krishna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ugrashravas_Sauti">Ugrashravas Sauti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=226" title="Edit section: Ugrashravas Sauti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ugrashravas" title="Ugrashravas">Ugrashravas</a></div> <p>Ugrashravas Sauti was the son of Lomaharsana. He was the Lomaharshana. He was a disciple of <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a>. He was the narrator of <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i> and several <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a> before the gathering of the sages in <a href="/wiki/Naimisha_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Naimisha Forest">Naimisha Forest</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uluka">Uluka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=227" title="Edit section: Uluka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uluka" class="mw-redirect" title="Uluka">Uluka</a></div> <p>Uluka was eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a> and Arshi. He was sent as messenger to <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> by <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>. He was killed by <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a> on 18th day of war before his father's death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ulupi">Ulupi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=228" title="Edit section: Ulupi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ulupi" title="Ulupi">Ulupi</a></div> <p>Ulupi was daughter of Kauravya, the <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81gar%C4%81ja" class="mw-redirect" title="Nāgarāja">king of Nāgas</a>, she was among the four wives of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. She had a son named <a href="/wiki/Iravan" title="Iravan">Iravan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urvashi">Urvashi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=229" title="Edit section: Urvashi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Urvashi" title="Urvashi">Urvashi</a></div> <p>Urvashi was a celestial maiden in Indra's court and was considered the most beautiful of all the Apsaras. She was the consort of <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a>, an ancestor of Pandavas and Kauravas. Later she left him and returned to heaven.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> When Arjuna came to heaven to meet Indra, she fell in love with him. But Arjuna refused her as he thought her as his mother. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uttamaujas">Uttamaujas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=230" title="Edit section: Uttamaujas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uttamaujas" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttamaujas">Uttamaujas</a></div> <p>In the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, Uttamaujas was a powerful Panchala warrior. He is described to be a protector of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. With his brother Yudhamanyu, they fought a battle against <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>. He was killed during Ashwatthama's night raid. Sometimes, he is described to be Drupada's son and identified with <a href="/wiki/Characters_in_the_Mahabharata#Satyajit" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters in the Mahabharata">Satyajit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uttanka">Uttanka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=231" title="Edit section: Uttanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uttanka" title="Uttanka">Uttanka</a></div> <p>In the <i>Mahabharata</i>, Uttanka is described as the disciple of the sage <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Maharishi" title="Gautama Maharishi">Gautama</a>. In both legends, he is a learned sage who goes through many hurdles in procuring the earrings demanded by his guru's wife as the fee for the teacher (<i><a href="/wiki/Gurudakshina" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurudakshina">gurudakshina</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uttara">Uttara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=232" title="Edit section: Uttara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uttara_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttara (Mahabharata)">Uttara (Mahabharata)</a></div> <p>Uttara or Uttara Kumara was the prince of <a href="/wiki/Matsya_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsya Kingdom">Matsya Kingdom</a> and the son of King <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a>, at whose court the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> spent one year in concealment during their exile. His sister <a href="/wiki/Uttar%C4%81_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttarā (Mahabharata)">Uttarā</a> was given in marriage to <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uttarā"><span id="Uttar.C4.81"></span>Uttarā</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=233" title="Edit section: Uttarā"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uttar%C4%81_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttarā (Mahabharata)">Uttarā (Mahabharata)</a></div> <p><i><b>Uttarā</b></i> was the daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a>, at whose court the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was sister of Prince <a href="/wiki/Uttara_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttara (Mahabharata)">Uttara</a>. She was wife of <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a> and mother of <a href="/wiki/Parikshit" title="Parikshit">Parikshit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="V">V</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=234" title="Edit section: V"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vajra">Vajra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=235" title="Edit section: Vajra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aniruddha#Children" title="Aniruddha">Aniruddha § Children</a></div> <p>He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Aniruddha" title="Aniruddha">Aniruddha</a>. Vajra was crowned as the King of <a href="/wiki/Indraprastha" title="Indraprastha">Indraprastha</a> on the request of Krishna by the <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandavas</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Mausala_Parva" title="Mausala Parva">Yadava fratricide</a> just before the <a href="/wiki/Mahaprasthanika_Parva" title="Mahaprasthanika Parva">Pandavas' journey to Mount Sumeru</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vajranabh">Vajranabh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=236" title="Edit section: Vajranabh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vajra in the <a href="/wiki/Vayu_Purana" title="Vayu Purana">Vayu Purana</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Harivamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Harivamsa">Harivamsa</a>, described as the son of <a href="/wiki/Satyabhama#Marriage_and_Children" title="Satyabhama">Bhanu</a>, the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satyabhama" title="Satyabhama">Satyabhama</a>. He had a sister named Bhanusammati. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Valandhara">Valandhara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=237" title="Edit section: Valandhara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Valandhara was the princess of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kashi">Kashi Kingdom</a>, daughter of King Devesha and wife of <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>. They both had a son Sarvaga, who became the King of Kashi after the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. Sarvaga's granddaughter Vapusthama married <a href="/wiki/Janamejaya" title="Janamejaya">Janamejaya</a>, the great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>, and bore him two sons – Shatanika and Sahashranika.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vapusthama">Vapusthama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=238" title="Edit section: Vapusthama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vapusthama was the princess of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kashi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kashi">Kashi,present day Benaras</a>, the daughter of Subarnavarma,the granddaughter of King Sarvaga and great-granddaughter of <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>, the second <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a>. Vapusthama was married to <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>'s great-grandson <a href="/wiki/Janamejaya" title="Janamejaya">Janamejaya</a>, and bore him two sons – Shatanika and Sankukarna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Varaha">Varaha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=239" title="Edit section: Varaha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Varaha" title="Varaha">Varaha</a></div> <p>Varaha is the boar-incarnation of Vishnu. He is stated in <a href="/wiki/Vana_Parva" title="Vana Parva">Vana Parva</a> of the epic, when he rescued Bhumi during the <a href="/wiki/Pralaya" title="Pralaya">Mahapralaya</a> (great-flood).<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=240" title="Edit section: Vasudeva"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a></div> <p>Vasudeva the father of the Hindu deities <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Subhadra" title="Subhadra">Subhadra</a>. He was a member of <a href="/wiki/Vrishni" title="Vrishni">Vrishnis</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Yadava" title="Yadava">Yadava</a>. He was the son-in-law of the Yadava king <a href="/wiki/Shurasena" title="Shurasena">Shurasena</a>. His sister <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> was married to <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vasundhara">Vasundhara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=241" title="Edit section: Vasundhara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was the queen of <a href="/wiki/Manipura" title="Manipura">Manipura</a> and the mother of <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngad%C4%81" title="Chitrāngadā">Chitrangada</a>. She was also the grandmother of <a href="/wiki/Babruvahana" title="Babruvahana">Babruvahana</a>. Her husband was King Chitravahana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vayu">Vayu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=242" title="Edit section: Vayu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vayu" title="Vayu">Vayu</a></div> <p>Vayu deva is the god of wind. He is son of Aditi and Kashyapa. In the epic, he is the spiritual father of <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a> and the Pandava, <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>. He was the second god called by <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> after her marriage using a mantra as her husband could not conceive due to a curse. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veerabhadra">Veerabhadra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=243" title="Edit section: Veerabhadra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Virabhadra" title="Virabhadra">Virabhadra</a></div> <p>Veerabhadra was the fierce god who incarnated from Shiva to destroy Daksha's yajna. He is also stated in Shanti Parva of the epic Mahabharata.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vichitravirya">Vichitravirya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=244" title="Edit section: Vichitravirya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vichitravirya" title="Vichitravirya">Vichitravirya</a></div> <p>Vichitravirya (Sanskrit: विचित्रवीर्य, vicitravīrya) was a king and the younger son of queen Satyavati and king Shantanu and grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vidura">Vidura</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=245" title="Edit section: Vidura"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a></div> <p>In the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>, Vidura is described as the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister" title="Prime minister">prime minister</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru Kingdom</a> and also the uncle of the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a>. He was born from Niyoga- between sage <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a> and Parishrami, a handmaiden to the queens- <a href="/wiki/Characters_in_the_Mahabharata#Ambika" class="mw-redirect" title="Characters in the Mahabharata">Ambika</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ambalika" title="Ambalika">Ambalika</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vidura's_wife_(Sulabha)"><span id="Vidura.27s_wife_.28Sulabha.29"></span>Vidura's wife (Sulabha)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=246" title="Edit section: Vidura's wife (Sulabha)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wife of <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a>, the half-brother of King <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and the Prime Minister of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">Hastinapur</a>. She was also a chaste woman of supreme order. She too had a high degree of devotion and abdication. When <a href="/wiki/Lord_Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Krishna">Krishna</a> visited <a href="/wiki/Hastinapur" title="Hastinapur">Hastinapur</a> as an emissary of <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>, he had not accepted <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana's</a> request to stay in his palace but instead he chose to stay at <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura's</a> home and accepted a simple meal there. She is named Sulabha in later versions of the Mahabharata.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sulabha was a great devotee of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. One day he came to her home for a surprise meal. She was enchanted by his glowing face. In absence of her husband, she offered him peels of banana instead of the fruit. And he ate them respecting her <a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">bhakti</a> note.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vijaya">Vijaya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=247" title="Edit section: Vijaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharat" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabharat">Mahabharat</a></i>, <b>Vijaya</b> was the daughter of king Dyutimata of Madra (Bahalika) and wife of <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>. They got married in a <a href="/wiki/Swayamvara" class="mw-redirect" title="Swayamvara">self choice ceremony</a>. Vijaya was <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a>'s maternal uncle's daughter. They had a son <a href="/wiki/Suhotra" class="mw-redirect" title="Suhotra">Suhotra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Kurukshetra War, Vijaya lived in Madra. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vikarna">Vikarna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=248" title="Edit section: Vikarna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vikarna" title="Vikarna">Vikarna</a></div> <p>Vikarna was third <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Dhritarashtra" title="Dhritarashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a> and a brother to the <a href="/wiki/Crown_prince" title="Crown prince">crown prince</a> <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>. Vikarna is universally referred to as the third-most reputable of Kauravas. Usually, he is also indicated as the third-oldest son, but in other sources, the "third-strongest" reputation remained and it is implied that Vikarna is just one of Gandhari's 99 children (after <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dussasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Dussasana">Dussasana</a>). Vikarna was the only <a href="/wiki/Kaurava" title="Kaurava">Kaurava</a> who questioned the humiliation of <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>, the wife of his cousin <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> after they lost her in a game of dice to Duryodhana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vinata">Vinata</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=249" title="Edit section: Vinata"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vinata" title="Vinata">Vinata</a></div> <p>Vinata, was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Aruna_(Hinduism)" title="Aruna (Hinduism)">Aruna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a> (the birds). She was also the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Daksha" title="Daksha">Daksha</a> and wife of sage <a href="/wiki/Kasyapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasyapa">Kasyapa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vinda_and_Anuvinda">Vinda and Anuvinda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=250" title="Edit section: Vinda and Anuvinda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vinda and Anuvinda were brothers, and the two kings of <a href="/wiki/Avanti_Kingdom_(Mahabharata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Avanti Kingdom (Mahabharata)">Avanti</a>. They were the sons of Jayasena and Rajadhidevi. They also had a sister, Mitravinda, who married <a href="/wiki/Lord_Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Krishna">Krishna</a>. They were good friends of <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>, and fought for his cause in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viraja">Viraja</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=251" title="Edit section: Viraja"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Harivamsa, (an appendix of <i>Mahabharata</i>), the spouse of <a href="/wiki/Nahusha" title="Nahusha">Nahusha</a> is mentioned to be Viraja, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Pitrs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitrs">Pitrs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, she was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ashokasundari" title="Ashokasundari">Ashokasundari</a>, the daughter of goddess Parvati and Shiva. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virata">Virata</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=252" title="Edit section: Virata"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a></div> <p>In the epic, Virata was the king of <a href="/wiki/Matsya_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsya Kingdom">Matsya Kingdom</a> with its <a href="/wiki/Virata_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Virata Kingdom">Virata Kingdom</a>, in whose court the <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a> spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen <a href="/wiki/Sudeshna" title="Sudeshna">Sudeshna</a> and was the father of Prince <a href="/wiki/Uttara_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttara (Mahabharata)">Uttara</a> and Princess <a href="/wiki/Uttar%C4%81_(Mahabharata)" title="Uttarā (Mahabharata)">Uttarā</a>, who married <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vishoka">Vishoka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=253" title="Edit section: Vishoka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vishoka was the charioteer of Pandava Bhima during the Kurukshetra War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vrihanta">Vrihanta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=254" title="Edit section: Vrihanta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vrihanta" title="Vrihanta">Vrihanta</a></div> <p>Vrihanta was king of the Ulukas. His name appears at several places in the <i>Mahabharata</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vridhakshtra">Vridhakshtra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=255" title="Edit section: Vridhakshtra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was former king of <a href="/wiki/Singhu" title="Singhu">Singhu</a> Kingdom. He was father of <a href="/wiki/Jayadratha" title="Jayadratha">Jayadratha</a> and Vijayadratha. He later became a rishi. When <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> beheaded his son Jayadratha, his head came on his lap while he was doing tapa and when he stood up and Jayadratha's head blasted, killing Vridhakshtra. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vrishaketu">Vrishaketu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=256" title="Edit section: Vrishaketu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vrishaketu" title="Vrishaketu">Vrishaketu</a></div> <p>Vrishaketu is a figure in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. He was the youngest and only surviving son of <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a> and Arjuna teaches him many more skills of great warrior. Later, he becomes King of Anga. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vrishasena">Vrishasena</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=257" title="Edit section: Vrishasena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vrishasena" title="Vrishasena">Vrishasena</a></div> <p>Vrishasena was the son of Karna and Vrishali. With his father, he entered battle field on the 11th day of Kurukshetra war and fought for Kauravas. He was killed by the pandavas, his uncles to avenge abhimanyu's death,who later blessed him on his deathbed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vyasa">Vyasa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=258" title="Edit section: Vyasa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a></div> <p>Vyasa was the author of epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. According to the <i>Mahabharata</i>, the sage Vyasa was the son of <a href="/wiki/Satyavati" title="Satyavati">Satyavati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parashara" title="Parashara">Parashara</a>. He was also the surrogate father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura. They were born through <a href="/wiki/Niyoga" title="Niyoga">Niyoga</a>. Later, he helped in birth of 101 children of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. He also helped the Pandavas many times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Y">Y</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=259" title="Edit section: Y"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yama">Yama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=260" title="Edit section: Yama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yama_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yama (Hinduism)">Yama (Hinduism)</a></div> <p>In the epic, the death god <a href="/wiki/Yama" title="Yama">Yama</a>—often identified with the god Dharma—is the spiritual father of <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a>. He was the first god invoked by <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a> after her marriage using a mantra as her <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">husband</a> could not conceive. Yama also appeared in the tale of <a href="/wiki/Savitri_and_Satyavan" title="Savitri and Satyavan">Savitri and Satyavan</a>. In the story, he tried to take Satyavan's soul during his predestined time of death, but Savitri was able to persuade the deity to let her husband live. Dharma, later in the epic, appears testing Yudhishthira by taking form of a yaksha. When the Pandavas and Draupadi departed to heaven, he accompanied them by taking the form of a dog and was the only survivor left, along with Yudhishthira. In the end, he showed his true form to Yudhishthira. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yamuna">Yamuna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=261" title="Edit section: Yamuna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yamuna_in_Hinduism" title="Yamuna in Hinduism">Yamuna in Hinduism</a></div> <p>Yamuna or Yami is a river goddess. She is the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saranyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Saranyu">Saranyu</a> as well as the twin of <a href="/wiki/Yama_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yama (Hinduism)">Yama</a>. In the epic, she appears as Kalindi, becoming one of <a href="/wiki/Ashtabharya" title="Ashtabharya">Krishna's eight wives</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yashoda">Yashoda</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=262" title="Edit section: Yashoda"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yashoda" title="Yashoda">Yashoda</a></div> <p>Yashoda is the wife of <a href="/wiki/Nanda_(Hinduism)" title="Nanda (Hinduism)">Nanda</a> (head of Gokulam) and the foster-mother of Krishna and <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a>. Krishna and Balarama spent their childhood with Yashoda and Nanda, and the couple took care of them. Her daughter, who was Vishnu's <a href="/wiki/Yogamaya" title="Yogamaya">Yogamaya</a>, was swapped by <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a> with Krishna during the birth of the deity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yaudheya">Yaudheya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=263" title="Edit section: Yaudheya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yaudheya was the son of Yudhishthira and Devika, and the grandson of Govasena, who was the king of <a href="/wiki/Sivi_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Sivi Kingdom">Sivi Kingdom</a>. Yaudheya succeeded his grandfather after his death in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Matsya_Purana" title="Matsya Purana">Matsya Purana</a>, Yaudheya is also the name of the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Prativindhya" class="mw-redirect" title="Prativindhya">Prativindhya</a> and his first wife Subala, however he does not succeed Yudhishthira to the throne of Hastinapura as he inherits his maternal kingdom. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yayati">Yayati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=264" title="Edit section: Yayati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yayati" title="Yayati">Yayati</a></div> <p>Yayati was an ancestor of <a href="/wiki/Shantanu" title="Shantanu">Shantanu</a> and the son of king <a href="/wiki/Nahusha" title="Nahusha">Nahusha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashokasundari" title="Ashokasundari">Ashokasundari</a>, the daughter of goddess <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>. He had two wives, <a href="/wiki/Devayani" title="Devayani">Devayani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sharmishtha" title="Sharmishtha">Sharmishtha</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yogamaya">Yogamaya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=265" title="Edit section: Yogamaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yogamaya" title="Yogamaya">Yogamaya</a></div> <p>Yogamaya or Vindhyavasini is a goddess who is the personified divine energy of the deity Vishnu. She was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Yashoda" title="Yashoda">Yashoda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nanda_Baba" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanda Baba">Nanda</a>, the foster parents of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>. Krishna and Yogamaya were born on <a href="/wiki/Janamashtami" class="mw-redirect" title="Janamashtami">the same day</a>. They were exchanged by their parents to save Krishna from <a href="/wiki/Kamsa" title="Kamsa">Kamsa</a>. Many believe that <a href="/wiki/Subhadra" title="Subhadra">Subhadra</a> was her reincarnation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=266" title="Edit section: Yudhishthira"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a></div> <p>Yudhishthira was the first among the five <a href="/wiki/Pandavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandavas">Pandavas</a>, granted by death god Yama to <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a>. He became the king of <a href="/wiki/Indraprastha" title="Indraprastha">Indraprastha</a> and later of <a href="/wiki/Hastinapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastinapura">Hastinapura</a> (Kuru). He was the leader of the successful <a href="/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava">Pandava</a> side in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. At the end of the epic, he <a href="/wiki/Entering_heaven_alive" title="Entering heaven alive">ascended to heaven</a>. He was also blessed with the spiritual vision of second sight by a celestial <a href="/wiki/Rishi" title="Rishi">rishi</a> as a boon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yuyutsu">Yuyutsu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=267" title="Edit section: Yuyutsu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yuyutsu" title="Yuyutsu">Yuyutsu</a></div> <p>Yuyutsu was the illegitimate son of <a href="/wiki/Dhritrashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhritrashtra">Dhritarashtra</a> with a Vaishya woman who is his wife <a href="/wiki/Gandhari_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandhari (character)">Gandhari</a>'s maid. He was the paternal half–sibling to Gandhari's children: <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a> and the rest of the hundred Kaurava brothers and their sister <a href="/wiki/Dushala" title="Dushala">Dushala</a>. He was the only son of Dhritarashtra who survived in the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a> . </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=268" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The list tries to mention as many characters as possible, but is not complete. It contains characters appearing in <i><a href="/wiki/Harivamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Harivamsa">Harivamsa</a></i>, a book connected to <i>Mahabharata</i>. Characters appearing in folk tales are excluded.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This is scene not included in the Critical edition.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_characters_in_the_Mahabharata&action=edit&section=269" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMinor1982" class="citation book cs1">Minor, Robert N. (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ru_RjwEACAAJ"><i>Bhagavad Gita: An Exegetical Commentary</i></a>. South Asia Books. pp. L–Li. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8364-0862-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8364-0862-1"><bdi>978-0-8364-0862-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bhagavad+Gita%3A+An+Exegetical+Commentary&rft.pages=L-Li&rft.pub=South+Asia+Books&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-8364-0862-1&rft.aulast=Minor&rft.aufirst=Robert+N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dru_RjwEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+characters+in+the+Mahabharata" class="Z3988"></span>; Quote: "The current text of the Bhagavad gita is well-preserved with relatively few variant readings and none quite serious. This is especially remarkable in the light of the numerous variants for the remainder of the Mahabharata, some of which are quite serious. Secondary insertions are found in individual manuscripts of the Gita, but these are clearly secondary. 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class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Gods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trimurti" title="Trimurti">Trimurti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dattatreya" title="Dattatreya">Dattatreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamadeva" title="Kamadeva">Kama</a></li> <li><a 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