Kolahala Kolahala was the mountain which, maddened by lust, once attacked the river Suktimati near Chedi capital . Vasu Uparichara, beholding the foul attempt, struck the mountain with his foot. By the indentation caused by Vasu’s stamp, the river came out of the embraces of Kolahala. But the mountain begat…
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.
Krittika The star cluster Kṛttikā (Sanskrit: कृत्तिका, pronounced [kɽɪttɪkaː], popularly transliterated Krittika), corresponds to the open star cluster called Pleiades in western astronomy; it is one of the clusters which makes up the constellation Taurus. In Indian astronomy and Jyotiṣa (Hindu astrology) the name literally translates to “the cutters”. It is also the name of its goddess-personification, who is a daughter of Daksha and Panchajani, and…
Kshatriyas In Mahabharata Kshatriya is one of the four castes – the other castes being Brahmanas, Vaishyas and Shudras.
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…
Kubera In Mahabharata Kubera is one of the four Dikpalakas – the others being Indra, Yama and Varuna. He is also the lord of wealth. Kubera Sabha Kubera Sabha is described by Narada to Yudhishthira when the former visited Maya Sabha at Indraprastha, Narada said, “Possessed of great splendour, the…
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…
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