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Chedi among the kingdoms of Epic Indian literature. According to the Mahabharata, the Chedi kingdom was ruled by Shishupala, an ally of Jarasandha of Magadha and Duryodhana of Kuru. He was a rival of Vasudeva Krishna who was his uncle's son. He was killed by Vasudeva Krishna during the Rajasuya sacrifice of the Pandava king Yudhishthira.
Shishupala (Sanskrit: शिशुपाल, lit. 'protector of children', IAST: Śiśupāla; sometimes spelt Sisupala) was the king of the Chedi kingdom, and an antagonist in the Mahabharata.
According to Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharvela “A branch of Chedis founded as a royal dynasty in the kingdom Kalinga.” [citation needed] By the 6th to 5th centuries BCE, Cedī had become one of the more important states in Iron Age India, due to which the Buddhist text, the Aṅguttara Nikāya , listed it as one of the solasa ...
Her kingdom, Vidarbha, is believed to be located in present-day Maharashtra. Along with Vithoba (a regional form of Krishna), Rukmini is worshipped as "Rakhumai" in the Pandharpur region. [ 80 ] [ 29 ] [ 81 ] Rukmini is worshipped as the chief goddess in Divya Desam temples like Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple , Parthasarathy Temple ; with ...
Shuktimati (Sanskrit: शुक्तिमती, romanized: Śuktimatī) is the capital city of the Chedi kingdom featured in Hindu literature. [1] It lies on the banks of the eponymous river Shuktimati, which flows through the region. It is referred to as Sotthivati-nagara in the Pali-language Buddhist texts. [2]
Brihadratha (father of Jarasandha and the King of Magadha), Pratyagraha became the King of Chedi whose Great-Grandson was Shishupala, Kusambhi (Vatsa), Mavella, Yadu and Matsya (founder of Matsya Kingdom whose Great-Grandson was Virata who was the founder of Viratanagara) were the sons of Vasu and Vasu daughter Satyavati who later married ...
Chedi may refer to: Chedi (Thai: เจดีย์), an alternative term for a Buddhist stupa, mainly used in Thailand Cetiya, a sacred place or object in Buddhism, from which the above is derived; Chaitya, a shrine in Indic religions, cognate with the above; Chedi Kingdom, an early kingdom in central India Cedī (tribe), an ancient Indian tribe
Brihadratha was the eldest of the five sons of Vasu, (also known as Uparichara Vasu) the Kuru king of Chedi [1] and his queen Girika. His father was the ruler of Chedi and Brihadratha established Magadha at the border of Chedi Kingdom. He is mentioned in the epic Mahabharata and the Puranas.