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According to the Mahabharata, Duryodhana's wife was the daughter of King Chitrangada and the princess of Kalinga, who was forcefully abducted from her svayamvara (a self-choice ceremony to find a groom) by Duryodhana with the help of his friend Karna. [5] [6] The name "Bhanumati" was developed and popularized through folktales and derivative ...
Duryodhana (Sanskrit: दुर्योधन, [d̪ʊɾjoːd̪ʱən̪ᵊ], IAST: Duryodhana), also known as Suyodhana, [1] [2] is the primary antagonist in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the eldest of the Kauravas , the hundred sons of the king Dhritarashtra and his queen Gandhari .
Duryodhana’s wife's name was also Bhānumati; she is an important figure in the Sanskrit Drama of Bhatta Narayana – Venisamhara (Braiding the hair). [4] In very ancient times, there was the ever victorious king named Dharmamūrti who had destroyed hundreds of enemies and thousands of Daityas , and who though a mortal had access to each and ...
Duryodhana's wife—named Bhanumati in later retelling—is a minor character is in Mahabharata, and mainly appears in the folk tales. [36] She is unnamed in the epic, but it is described that she was the princess of Kalinga Kingdom and was the daughter of Chitrangada. She was abducted by Duryodhana with the help of his friend Karna.
Gandhari (Sanskrit: गान्धारी, lit. 'of Gandhara', IAST: Gāndhārī) is a prominent figure in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata.She is the daughter of King Subala, the ruler of Gandhara, and becomes the wife of Dhritarashtra, the blind king of Kuru Kingdom.
When Abhimanyu was on the cusp of victory, Duryodhana rushed to his son's aid. [4] On the twelfth day of the war, Lakshmana Kumara injured Kshatradeva badly, the son of Shikhandi. [5] On the thirteenth day of the war, Lakshmana Kumara was stationed near his father, fighting his foes with great prowess.
Yuyutsu (Sanskrit: युयुत्सु) in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was a son of Dhritarashtra with a maid of his wife, Gandhari. He was the paternal half - sibling to Gandhari's children: Duryodhana and the rest of the 99 Kaurava brothers and their sister, Dushala. He was only son of Dhritarashtra to fight for Pandavas.
As the second of the five Pandava brothers, Bhima was born to Kunti—the wife of King Pandu—through the blessings of Vayu, the wind god, which bestowed upon him superhuman strength from birth. His rivalry with the Kauravas , especially Duryodhana , defined much of his life, with this tension ultimately erupting in the Kurukshetra War , where ...