Kunti Kunti was one of the two wives of Pandu, the other one being Madri. She is the mother of the three Pandavas – Yudhishthira from lord Dharma, Bhima from Vayu and Arjuna from Indra. She was the daughter of king Shurasena, and sister of Vasudeva – the father of…
Kshemadhurti Kshemadhurti fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war The brothers Kshemadhurti and Brihanta mangled Satyaki of the Satwata race with their keen arrows, as the latter proceeded against Drona. The battle between those two on one side and Satyaki on the other became exceedingly wonderful to…
Kashis In Mahabharata The ruler of Kashis fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war, Dhritarashtra’s sons, Durjaya, Jaya, and Vijaya, resisted Nila, and the ruler of the Kashis, and Jayatsena, three against. The combat between those warriors deepened and gladdened the hearts of the spectators like those…
Kekaya brothers Kekaya brothers were five. Fought along side Yudhishthira. Fought with Karna on the 12th day of war.
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…
Kripa Kripa (Sanskrit: कृप, Kṛpa in IAST transliteration), also known as Kripacharya (Sanskrit: कृपाचार्य) or Krupacharya or better phonetically written as Kṛpāchārya was the grandson of Rishi Gautama, son of Sharadvat and is one of the seven Chiranjivis. He was born in a particularly extraordinary manner. He along with his sister Kripi were adopted by King Shantanu. Later on Kripa became an acharya,…
Krishna Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण, IAST: Kṛṣṇa) is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Krishna is born to Devaki and her husband, Vasudeva Anakadundubhi of the Yadava clan in Mathura. Krishna is also the first name of Dvaipayana Vyasa. Draupadi is also addressed as Krishna. Arjuna is also addressed as Krishna.
Kimshuka tree Kimshuka or Butea monosperma is a species of Butea native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and western Indonesia. Common names include flame-of-the-forest and bastard teak. It is a medium-sized dry season-deciduous tree, growing to 15 m (49 ft) tall. It is a slow growing tree, young trees have a growth rate of a…
KurmaKurma (Sanskrit: कूर्म; Kūrma, lit. turtle) is the second of the ten Avatars of Vishnu. Like other avatars of Vishnu, Kurma appears at a time of crisis to restore the cosmic equilibrium. Sage Durvasa had cursed the Devas to be mortal and fade away. The gods needed nectar of immortality (Amrita) to overcome this curse, and they make a…
Kadru According to the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, Kadru (Kadrū) is said to be the daughter of Daksha. Kashyapa married Kadru and twelve of Daksha’s other daughters. Kadru was the mother of a thousand Nagas. Legends of Kadru tell of her relationship with her elder sister Vinata, who was also one of Kashyapa’s wives. As the story in Mahabharata…