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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 .
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’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.
The day Duryodhana was born, he unleashed a donkey-like scream which the donkeys outside the home replied to. Despite the advice from Vidura to discard the evil baby, Duryodhana's father Dhritarashtra kept the child because of his blind love for his son and overlooked his responsibility as the King.
King Vichitravirya was also the adopted father of Dhritarashtra and Pandu. [2] After Krishna, Vidura was the most respected as an adviser by the Pandavas, whom he forewarned on various occasions of Duryodhana's plots to exterminate them, such as Duryodhana's plan to burn them alive in the house of lac or lacquer. [3]
Duryodhana with his brothers 1598 from Razmnama After Gandhari was married to Dhritarashtra , she wrapped a cloth over her eyes and vowed to share the darkness that her husband lived in. Once Sage Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa came to visit Gandhari in Hastinapur and she took great care of the comforts of the great saint and saw that he had a ...