Angas The ruler of Angas, the king of Mlecchas, fought along side Duryodhana. Was killed by Bhima on the 12th day of war Beholding Duryodhana thus afflicted by Bhima, the ruler of the Angas on his elephant came there for afflicting the son of Pandu. Thereupon, Bhimasena deeply pierced with…
Alambusha A Rakshasa fought along side Duryodhana. On the 12th day of war With maces and spiked bludgeons, and swords and axes and stones, short clubs and mallets, and discs, short arrows and battle-axes with dust and wind, and fire and water, and ashes and brick-bats, and straw and trees,…
Ambashtha Ambashtha fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war The king of the Chedis, excited with wrath, and shooting many warriors, kept away from Drona, king Ambashtha, that hero who always delighted, in battle. Then king Ambashtha pierced his antagonist with a long arrow capable of penetrating…
Ashwatthama Ashwathama (Sanskrit:Aśvatthāmā) or Drauni is the son of guru Drona and the grandson of the sage Bharadwaja. Ashwatthama is a mighty Maharathi who fought on the Kaurava side against the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra War. Ashwatthama is considered as avatar of one of the eleven Rudras and one of the seven Chiranjivis. Along with his maternal uncle Kripa, Ashwatthama is believed to be a…
Ambika Another name of Parvati, Shiva’s consort. In Mahabharata Ambika (Sanskrit: अम्बिका, ambikā) was the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and wife of Vichitravirya, the king of Hastinapura. She was also the mother of Dhritarashtra and aunt of Pandu and grandmother to the Kauravas. Along with her sisters,…
Amba Amba was the eldest daughter of the king of Kashi, and she had two other sisters – Ambika and Ambalika. Amba considered the Kuru prince Bhishma responsible for her misfortune and her sole goal in life became his destruction, to fulfill which she is reborn as Shikhandi (the daughter of Drupada and sister…
Ambalika Ambalika (Sanskrit: अम्बालिका, ambālikā) was the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and was the wife of Vichitravirya, the son of Shantanu and King of Hastinapur. Along with her sisters, Amba and Ambika, Ambalika was taken by force by Bhishma from their Swayamvara, the latter having challenged and defeated the assembled royalty. He presented them to Satyavati…
Arjuna Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, IAST: arjuna) is a central character of Mahabharata. Arjuna was the son of Indra born to Pandu and Kunti. Arjuna is considered an incarnation of Rishi Nara, the life-long companion of Rishi Narayan. He was the third of the Pandava brothers and was married to Draupadi, Ulupi, Chitrāngadā, and Subhadra (Krishna’s sister). His four children included Shrutakarma…
Agastya Agastya was a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. In the Indian traditions, he is a noted recluse and an influential scholar in diverse languages of the Indian subcontinent. He and his wife Lopamudra are the celebrated authors of hymns 1.165 to 1.191 in the Sanskrit text Rigveda and other Vedic literature. Agastya appears in numerous itihasas and Puranas (roughly,…