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Drona is the son of the sage Bharadvaja, and a descendant of the sage Angirasa. Despite being master of advanced military arts and the divine weapons known as astras , Drona initially chooses a life of poverty untill he is humiliated by his friend Drupada , the king of Panchala .
He was the guru of the asuras and is also referred to as Shukracharya or Asuracharya in various Hindu texts. In another account found in the Mahabharata , Shukra divided himself into two, one half became the fount of knowledge for the devas (gods) and the other half became the knowledge source of the asuras (demons). [ 4 ]
Bhishma (Sanskrit: भीष्म, romanized: bhīṣma), also known as Pitamaha, Gangaputra, and Devavrata, is a central figure in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.He was a prince, statesman, and military commander of the ancient Kuru Kingdom.
Karna, Bhisma and Drona were the only warriors in the Mahabharata who possessed the knowledge of this weapon. Pashupatastra: In Hinduism, the Pashupatastra is considered to be the most devastating weapon, as it is the weapon of the consort of Mahadeva, i.e. Mahakali. Mahadeva literally means "Highest of all gods" and Mahakali means "Goddess who ...
The villagers of Bhim Nagar were very happy when Gurgaon was renamed to Gurugram.They expected that more tourists would come to the Drona temple. To increase tourism, the villagers have demanded that a local tourism circuit be developed with encompasses the Dronacharya temple, the Ekalavya temple, and other nearby sites.
From Bharadvaja, his son Drona obtained the sword. Drona used this weapon in the famous Kurukshetra War described in the epic Mahabharata. Drona became unconquerable in the Kurukshetra War because he held Asi, the primordial weapon. After the death of Drona, the sword was taken by Kripacharya. Kripacharya gifted the sword to Nakula.
In the Mahabharata, Drona is instead born when Bharadvaja ejaculated his semen in a pot. Bharadvaja is therefore directly linked to two important characters of the epic Mahabharata — Dronacharya and Aśvatthāma, the son of Drona. [28] According to the Mahabharata, Bharadvaja trained Drona in the use of weapons. [29]
Dhrishtadyumna hosted his sister Draupadi's svayamvara and told its rules to the kings and princes. When a young Brahmin won Draupadi in front of all the princes and nobility, Dhrishtadyumna secretly followed the Brahmin and his sister, only to discover that the Brahmin was in fact Arjuna, one of the five Pandava brothers.