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Shantanu (Sanskrit: शांतनु, शान्तनु, IAST: Shāṃtanu, Shāntanu) [1] was the King of Kuru Kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura, in the epic Mahabharata. [2] He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Chandravamsha , the father of Bhishma and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and ...
Allured by her sweet scent, Shantanu reached Satyavati's house and, seeing her, fell in love at first sight. The king asked the fisherman-chief for his daughter's hand; the fisherman Dashraj said his daughter would marry the king if – and only if – her sons would inherit the throne. [1] [9] [10] [11]
Shantanu; Chitrāngada (Son of Shantanu, who was killed prematurely). Bhishma, who was the eldest son of the Shantanu and Ganga; had functioned as the regent of the Kurus, under Chitrāngada, Vichitravirya, Pandu and Dhritarashtra II; Vichitravirya (Younger brother of Chitrāngada, who died prematurely). Pandu ( Son of Vichitravirya and Ambalika).
In the Mahabharata, Ganga is the wife of Shantanu as well as the mother of the eight Vasus, including Bhishma. [13] [14] Ganga and Shantanu were cursed by Brahma to be born on earth. Shantanu met Ganga on the banks of the Ganges and asked her to marry him. She accepted the proposal on the condition that Shantanu would not question any of her ...
With the consent of the fisherman, Bhishma took Satyavati to his father on a chariot and informed him about his vows. A loving father Shantanu gave him a boon of Iccha Mrityu, the control over the time of his death. [10] [15] [16] Shantanu and Satyavati soon married and two children – Chitrangada and Vichitravirya were born. [2]
The Birth of Shakuntala, one of the most famous lithographs by Raja Ravi Varma, depicting Vishvamitra rejecting Menaka and his daughter. There are two different stories of Shakuntala's life. The first version is the one described in Mahabharata , one of the two major Hindu epics traditionally attributed to the sage Vyasa .
Generally numbering eight and classified as the Ashtavasu, [4] they are described in the Ramayana as the children of Kashyapa and Aditi, and in the Mahabharata as the sons of Manu or Dharma and a daughter of Daksha named Vasu. [5] They are eight among the thirty-three gods featured in the Vedas.
Therefore, he proposed to Ganga that she may marry his son and become his daughter-in-law. At this time, Pratipa and his wife were still without children, but after they had performed some acts of austerity, they begat three sons, Devapi, Bahlika & Shantanu. The youngest son Shantanu inherited the Kingdom of Hastinapura.