Karna

Karna Kunti’s son from Surya, Yudhishthira’s elder brother,  Fought with Kekaya brothers on the 12th day of war. Karna resisted with showers of arrows the five Kekaya brothers, owning red standards, as they proceeded towards Drona. Scorched with the arrowy showers of Karna, those five brothers covered Karna with their…

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Vikarna

Vikarna Vikarna was one of the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra. On the 12th day of war The youthful Vikarna of great wisdom resisted Shikhandin, the youthful son of Yajnasena, as the latter advanced in that battle. Yajnasena’s son then covered the former with showers of arrows. The mighty son Vikarna,…

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Dhristhtaketu

Dhristhaketu Dhrishtaketu, the king of Chedi, was the elder son of King Shishupala. During the time of Dhrishtaketu, Suktimati was the capital of Chedi. Dhrishtaketu was an army-general in the army of Pandavas in Kurukshetra War. He was the leader of the army of the Chedis, the Kashis, and the Karushas. He was a…

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Chekitana

Chekitana Chekitana (चेकितान) was a Vrishini soldier hailing from Dwaraka, the capital of the Yadavas and an ally of the Pandavas. On the fifteenth day of Kurukshetra War, he saved Nakula from the clutches of Duryodhana. He was killed by Duryodhana on the final day of the war. He was son of Dhrishtaketu.

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