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Shakuni (Sanskrit: शकुनि, IAST: Śakuni, lit. ' bird ') is one of the antagonists of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the prince of the kingdom of Gandhara when introduced, later becoming its king after the death of his father, Subala. He was the brother of Gandhari and the maternal uncle of the Kauravas.
Gandhara among the kingdoms of Epic Indian history. Gandhāra (Sanskrit: गन्धार) was an ancient Indian kingdom mentioned in the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Gandhara prince Shakuni was the root of all the conspiracies of Duryodhana against the Pandavas, which finally resulted in the Kurukshetra War.
The most accepted version is one prepared by scholars led by Vishnu Sukthankar at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, preserved at the Kyoto University, the Cambridge University and various Indian universities. [4] [5] This list follows the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata, but may have characters exclusive to a particular recension ...
He is better known as the individual who created the Lakshagraha (palace of lac) under the orders of Duryodhana and his evil mentor, Shakuni. Purochana himself perished in the fire meant to kill the Pandavas. In his previous life, he had been born as Prahasta, who was a powerful rakshasa warrior, and chief commander of Ravana's army of Lanka ...
The climax of the Kurukshetra War, featuring the mace duel between Duryodhana and Bhima, is narrated in the Shalya Parva.Illustration by Evelyn Paul. The Shalya Parva (Sanskrit: शल्य पर्व), or the Book of Shalya, is the ninth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata.
The word sahadeva is derived from two Sanskrit words saha (सह) and deva (देव). Saha means ‘with’ and deva is a Hindu term used for ‘deity’. [1] So literally, Sahadeva means ‘with the gods’ or ‘protected by the gods’.
Mahabharatham (Tamil: மகாபாரதம்) is an Indian Tamil-language mythological television series that aired every Sunday on Sun TV from 17 February 2013 to 29 May 2016 at 10:00 AM IST.
Babruvahana defeated Arjuna, and killed him with a powerful astra. Repenting his deed after knowing Arjuna's identity, he was determined to kill himself, but he obtained from his stepmother, the Naga princess Ulupi, a gem called Nagamani, which restored Arjuna to life, with the help of Krishna. And also krishna restored vrishketu life whom ...