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Kunti (Sanskrit: कुन्ती, [kun̪t̪iː], IAST: Kuntī), born Pritha (Sanskrit: पृथा, , IAST: Pṛthā), was the queen of Kuru in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Kunti was married to Pandu and is the mother of Karna, Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna. She is depicted to possess beauty, intelligence and shrewdness.
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa. At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi.
Kunti leading Dhritarashtra and Gandhari as they head to Sannyasa. Ashramvasika Parva (Sanskrit: आश्रमवासिक पर्व), or the "Book of the Hermitage", is the fifteenth of the eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. It traditionally has 3 parts and 39 chapters. [1] [2] The critical edition has 3 parts and 47 ...
Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: Karṇa), also known as Vasusena, Anga-Raja, Sutaputra and Radheya, [2] is one of the major characters in the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. [3] [4] He is the son of Surya (the Sun deity) and princess Kunti (later the Pandava queen).
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 'Son of Kunti') ... Bhima, and Arjuna, the children of Kunti in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. [1] [2] References
The Kunti kingdom was the kingdom of Kunti-Bhoja, one of the prominent kings among the Bhoja-Yadavas. Kunti, the mother of Pandavas and the first wife of Kuru king Pandu, was the adopted daughter of Kuntibhoja. Her given name was Pritha and she was a sister of Vasudeva, the father of Vasudeva Krishna.
Character Deity Ashvatthama: Portions of Shiva, Kama, Krodha and Yama: Abhimanyu: Varchasa Arjuna: A Portion of Indra, rebirth of sage Nara (a portion of Vishnu) Amitaujasa Ketumana Balarama: Shesha: Bahlika: One of the Krodhavasas Bhadra: Lakshmi: Bhagadatta: Bashkala Bhanumati: Dhrukti Bhima: Vayu: Bhishma: Prabhasa Brihadratha: Sukshma ...
Both of Pandu’s wives—Madri and Kunti—invoked different deities and were blessed with children. [4] According to the Adi Parva ('First Book') of the Mahabharata, upon Pandu's behest, Kunti had used her boon three times to invoke celestial gods and gave birth to her three children—Yudhishthira, Bhima and Arjuna. Upon hearing about Madri ...