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| 1 of the 5 sons of the Pandavas. Born from Vayu (Wind god). Known for strength and stature. Swore to drink blood of Dushasana and did in great war |
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| Eldest daughter of king kashi. Kidnapped by Bhishma and then was refused by her spouse. She then was refused by Bhishma and died. She later returned as Shikandi and helped kill Bhishma with Arjuna |
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| Main character in the story. Best pupil of Drona. Karna is nemesis. Kills Karna in the great war when his chariot goes down with the help of Krishna. |
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| Great architect whose life is spared by arjuna and build yudisharas great palace which causes the game of dice to be played |
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| Son of Drona. Name was yelled out to say he was dead which ended up in the result of killing Drona |
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| Responsible for killing Drona while he is in meditation. Cuts of his head. Sacrificial son of Drupada |
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| Blind child fathered by vyasa. Had 100 children with ganhari. |
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| Daughter of King Drupada. Won in a contest by the pandavas brothers. Had to shoot a 5 arrows through a ring suspended in the air with a given bow.Gambled with and lost but then her wish saved all that was lost. |
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| trainer of all warriors, promised half of kingdom by Drupada. Got a ball and his ring out of a well in front of the Kauravas and Pandavas. |
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| Eldest son of Dhritarashtra. Supports Karna in duel against Arjuna making him king of Anga to make him equal. Karna pledged support hereafter. King of Hastinapura. Killed by Bhima |
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| Second born son of blind king dhritarashtra. attempts to remove drapaudi's clothes and the gets killed by Bhima who drinks his blood and gives his arm to Drapaudi to rinse her hair. |
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| young prince of the nishadha tribes. practices archery by himself in the forest and praises a statue of Drona. Ultimately, his finger is cut off as a token to Drona. |
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| Wife of Dhritarashtra. blindfolded herself to be equal. Bore 100 sons |
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| Pot head son of Bhima. Part rakasha that helped in the war. killed by Karnas divine arrow meant for Arjuna. |
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| Surya is father (sun god). trained by Parashurama. killed by Arjuna. Half brother to the pandavas |
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| Mother of the Pandavas brothers. Bhakti yoga (philosophy of devotion of krishna. pious and loyal |
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| Mother of the twin pandavas Nakula and Sahadeva |
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| Father of the Pandavas. Madri and Kunti |
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| Killed Shakuni after taking a vow to him for the gambling. one of the pandavas twins |
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| Dhritarashtra's personal assistant. Narrates the whole war to him and actually narrates the Bhagavad Gita to Dhritarashtra |
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| the great-grandmother of the Pandava and Kaurava princes |
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| personification of Dvapara Yuga, poisoned mind of Duryodhana. Dice game |
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| Formerly Amba, formerly shikandini, swore to kill Bhishma. |
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| got thrown held by Bhishma, Bhishma searched for his bride and came up with amba, ambalika and ambika |
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| Eldest son of the pandavas.king of Khandavaprastha and Indraprastha. Lost dice game |
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| Father of Pandu and Dhritarashtra |
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| ultimate goal of life - freedom from rebirth and connection with the soul |
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| the path of action, arjuna |
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| the path of devotion to one god, kunti |
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| the path of knowledge, parvati |
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| What lead to shiva being included main stream hinduism? |
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| siva finds end of pillar before vishnu and brahma, interaction between elite (royal class) and lower level society. |
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| sati, uma (parvati), kali |
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| demon killed by kumara (siva's son) |
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| dance of destruction by siva |
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| Crane monster killed by vishnu |
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| serpent poisoning the river |
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| lifted above vishnu to protect the golpas and golpis |
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| divine dance, brings people together unity, realize that the divine is everyone |
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| activates divine essence of people causing them to shed their material possessions. forest represents boundry of maya and divine |
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| Hiranyakasipu, ravana, susapala |
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| had the choice of being vishnu's friend for 7 lives or being vishnus enemy for 3 lives to return to heaven. chose to be his enemy. |
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| equal balance of things and its opposite (disruption of balance) |
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| Baby vishnu vs. punana, vishnu vs. brahma |
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| the psychic and physical power given to human beings, scares even the gods |
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| what am i? goal in life? how do i achieve it? |
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| what am i? goal in life? how do i achieve it? |
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| relation between creation sustenance and destruction |
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| destruction is inevitable but ultimatly necessary |
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| snake around neck, spear in hand, blue neck, tiger loin clothe |
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| walk up mountain to heaven, yudisthira stays last |
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| fallen warriors come back to life one last time then go up to heaven |
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| Insults Krishna 100 times and on last time says he is superior to krishna |
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| Difference between mahabarata and ramayana |
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| rebellion, challenge establishment, loyalty (wives) |
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| similarities of mahabarata and ramayana |
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| kharma, dharma,social dharma wins over individula dharma |
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| epic mythology vs krishna mythology |
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| royal family stories vs common people stories |
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| siva'as son that saved the world |
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