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Shakuni (Sanskrit: शकुनि, IAST: Śakuni, lit. ' bird ') is one of the antagonists of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the prince of the kingdom of Gandhara when introduced, later becoming its king after the death of his father, Subala. He was the brother of Gandhari and the maternal uncle of the Kauravas.
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa. At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—along with their wife Draupadi.
Gandhara among the kingdoms of Epic Indian history. Gandhāra (Sanskrit: गन्धार) was an ancient Indian kingdom mentioned in the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Gandhara prince Shakuni was the root of all the conspiracies of Duryodhana against the Pandavas, which finally resulted in the Kurukshetra War.
The climax of the Kurukshetra War, featuring the mace duel between Duryodhana and Bhima, is narrated in the Shalya Parva.Illustration by Evelyn Paul. The Shalya Parva (Sanskrit: शल्य पर्व), or the Book of Shalya, is the ninth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata.
The story of Sahadeva is told in the Mahabharata, one of the Sanskrit epics from the Indian subcontinent. The work is written in Classical Sanskrit and is a composite work of revisions, editing and interpolations over many centuries. The oldest parts in the surviving version of the text may date to near 400 BCE. [5]
A map of India depicting various regions during the Mahabharata period The two sides summon vast armies to their help and line up at Kurukshetra for a war. The kingdoms of Panchala , Dwaraka , Kasi, Kekaya , Magadha , Matsya , Chedi , Pandyas , Telinga , the Yadus of Mathura , and some other clans like the Parama Kambojas were allied with the ...
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, King Shalya (Sanskrit: शल्य, lit. Pike) [1] was the brother of Madri (mother of Nakula and Sahadeva), and the ruler of the Madra kingdom.. Skilled with the mace and a formidable warrior, he was tricked by Duryodhana to fight the war on the side of the Kaurav
In those days, even Selaiyur was a distant suburb, and no one had heard of Madambakkam, even in Selaiyur. The Bhakt gathered some more men, and went in search of the temple. They cleared the bushes near the agricultural fields, and found an astounding temple in Chola architecture. They renovated it, performed Kumbabhishekam, and commenced daily ...