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  2. Yaksha Prashna - Wikipedia

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    The Yaksha Prashna (IAST: yakṣa praśna), also known as the Dharma Baka Upakhyana (the Legend of the Virtuous Crane) or the Akshardhama, is the story of a question-and-answer dialogue between Yudhishthira and a yaksha in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

  3. Yudhishthira - Wikipedia

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    After the Yaksha was satisfied with the answers, he offered Yudhishthira the choice to bring back one of his brother, and Yudhishthira chose Nakula. When the Yaksha questioned him on his reasoning, Yudhishthira replied that he is still alive as Kunti's lineage, but there are no one alive as Madri's lineage, so he chose Nakula. The Yaksha was ...

  4. Devkhal Jheel - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, it is believed that the Devkhal Jheel was the location associated with the epic Mahabharata where the famous dialogues between Yaksha and Yudhishthira took place. [1] [2] It is said that the Pandavas had traveled by this route during their Agyaata Vaasa (unknown stay). [6]

  5. Vana Parva - Wikipedia

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    Yudhishthira goes to the lake and laments the death of his brothers. Yaksha appears and interrogates Yudhishthira with 124 questions about the nature of human life, the necessary virtues for a happy life, ethics, and morality, [17] which Yudhishthira answers correctly. Yaksha then asks him to choose one of his brothers to be revived as a reward.

  6. Yaksha kingdom - Wikipedia

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    At 3:310 of Mahabharata is a conversation of a Yaksha and Pandava king Yudhishthira. Here Yaksha is described as a crane, sitting by a pond. [2] Manibhadras, and Vaisravana (Kubera), the king of the Yaksha were worshipped by travellers who travel through lonely territories, for protection against dangers.

  7. List of characters in the Mahabharata - Wikipedia

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    Dharma, later in the epic, appears testing Yudhishthira by taking form of a yaksha. When the Pandavas and Draupadi departed to heaven, he accompanied them by taking the form of a dog and was the only survivor left, along with Yudhishthira. In the end, he showed his true form to Yudhishthira.

  8. Yama - Wikipedia

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    In the Yaksha Prashna, Dharmadeva (Yama) appears as a yaksha (nature spirit) in the form of a crane to question Yudhishthira and test his righteousness. Impressed by Yudhishthira's strict adherence to dharma and his answers to the riddles posed, Yama reveals himself as his father, blesses him, and brings his younger Pandava brothers back to life.

  9. Kurukshetra War - Wikipedia

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    Yudhishthira is crowned King of Hastinapura. After ruling for 36 years, he renounces the throne and passes the title on to Arjuna's grandson Parikshit. Draupadi and four Pandavas—Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva - die during the journey. Yudhishthira, the lone survivor and being of pious heart, is invited by Yama to enter the heavens as a ...