Uttamaujas
Uttamaujas Son of Drupada, brother of Drishthadyumna and Draupadi, and Shikhandin. Fought with Angada on the 12th day of the war.
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Uttanka
Uttanka In Hindu mythology, Uttanka is a Rishi (sage) who resided in the Maru desert. The primary source of this account is found in the Mahabharata. In the earliest version, Uttanka is described as the disciple of the sage Veda. In the second version, his guru is Gautama. In both…
Uttarā
Uttarā In the Mahabharata, Uttarā or Anglicized as Uttaraa (उत्तरा) was daughter of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was sister of Prince Uttara. It is also believed that Uttaraa had learnt dance from Arjuna during the Pandavas’ year of exile-in the Matsya Kingdom. Living incognito, as was the term of the…
Vaishampayana
Vaishampayana Vaishampayana (Sanskrit: वैशंपायन, Vaiśampāyana) was one of the three to whom the the Indian epic Mahabharata was first narrated by the composer of the epic, Vyasa, in the form of Jaya. He became the first narrator of the epic to humans, when he narrated it to Janamejaya, the great…
Vardhakshemi
Vardhakshemi Vardhakshemi belonged to the Vrishni race, fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war The noble Kripa, son of Sharadwata, with many small arrows resisted Vardhakshemi of the Vrishni race who was the embodiment of wrath (in battle). They that looked at Kripa, son of Sharadwata, with…
Varuna
Varuna In Mahabharata Varuna is one of the four Dikpalakas – the others being Indra, Yama and Kubera. He is also the lord of waters. His Sabha is described by Narada to Yudhishthira as follows: Varuna Sabha Yama Sabha, called Pushkaramalini, is described by Narada to Yudhishthira when the former…
Vasava
Vasishtha
Vasishtha Vasishtha (Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ, IAST: vasiṣṭha) is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. He is one of the Saptarishis (seven great Rishis) of India. Vasishtha is credited as the chief author of Mandala 7 of Rigveda. Vasishtha and his family are mentioned in Rigvedic verse 10.167.4, other Rigvedic mandalas and in many Vedic texts. His ideas have been influential and he was called as the…
Vasu
Vasu Vasu was another name of king Uparichara of Chedi. The Vasus are attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. The Ashta Vasus are described in the Ramayana as the children of Kashyapa and Aditi and in the Mahabharata as the sons of Manu or Brahma Prajapati. They are eight…
Vasudeva
Vasudeva Vasudeva (Devanagari वसुदेव, IAST Vasudeva), also called Ānakadundubhi (“Drum”, after the sound of drums heard at the time of his birth), was the father of Krishna, his eighth son who was an Avatar of Vishnu, and his siblings Balarama and Subhadra. He was king of the Vrishnis and a Yadava prince. He was the son of the Yadava king Shurasena.…
Uttanka
Uttanka In Hindu mythology, Uttanka is a Rishi (sage) who resided in the Maru desert. The primary source of this account is found in the Mahabharata. In the earliest version, Uttanka is described as the disciple of the sage Veda. In the second version, his guru is Gautama. In both…
Uttarā
Uttarā In the Mahabharata, Uttarā or Anglicized as Uttaraa (उत्तरा) was daughter of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was sister of Prince Uttara. It is also believed that Uttaraa had learnt dance from Arjuna during the Pandavas’ year of exile-in the Matsya Kingdom. Living incognito, as was the term of the…
Vaishampayana
Vaishampayana Vaishampayana (Sanskrit: वैशंपायन, Vaiśampāyana) was one of the three to whom the the Indian epic Mahabharata was first narrated by the composer of the epic, Vyasa, in the form of Jaya. He became the first narrator of the epic to humans, when he narrated it to Janamejaya, the great…
Vardhakshemi
Vardhakshemi Vardhakshemi belonged to the Vrishni race, fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war The noble Kripa, son of Sharadwata, with many small arrows resisted Vardhakshemi of the Vrishni race who was the embodiment of wrath (in battle). They that looked at Kripa, son of Sharadwata, with…
Varuna
Varuna In Mahabharata Varuna is one of the four Dikpalakas – the others being Indra, Yama and Kubera. He is also the lord of waters. His Sabha is described by Narada to Yudhishthira as follows: Varuna Sabha Yama Sabha, called Pushkaramalini, is described by Narada to Yudhishthira when the former…
Vasava
Vasishtha
Vasishtha Vasishtha (Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ, IAST: vasiṣṭha) is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. He is one of the Saptarishis (seven great Rishis) of India. Vasishtha is credited as the chief author of Mandala 7 of Rigveda. Vasishtha and his family are mentioned in Rigvedic verse 10.167.4, other Rigvedic mandalas and in many Vedic texts. His ideas have been influential and he was called as the…
Vasu
Vasu Vasu was another name of king Uparichara of Chedi. The Vasus are attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. The Ashta Vasus are described in the Ramayana as the children of Kashyapa and Aditi and in the Mahabharata as the sons of Manu or Brahma Prajapati. They are eight…
Vasudeva
Vasudeva Vasudeva (Devanagari वसुदेव, IAST Vasudeva), also called Ānakadundubhi (“Drum”, after the sound of drums heard at the time of his birth), was the father of Krishna, his eighth son who was an Avatar of Vishnu, and his siblings Balarama and Subhadra. He was king of the Vrishnis and a Yadava prince. He was the son of the Yadava king Shurasena.…