Duryodhana Duryodhana (Sanskrit: दुर्योधन, literally means Dur= Extremely hard Yodhana= Yudh/Fight; the one with whom the fight is extremely hard) also known as Suyodhana, was the eldest of the Kauravas, the hundred sons of blind king Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. Being the first born son of the blind king, he was the crown…
Dushala Dushala was the only daughter of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, and the only sister of the 100 Kaurava brothers. She was married to Jayadratha, the king of Sindhus.
The Dwapara Yuga, also spelt as Pardhasaradhi Yuga, is the third out of four Yugas, or ages, described in the scriptures of Hinduism. Dvapara in Sanskrit literally means “two ahead”, that is, something in the third place. The Dvapara Yuga follows the Treta Yuga and precedes the Kali Yuga. According to the Puranas, this yuga ended at the moment when Krishna returned to his…
Dvārakā Dvārakā, also known as Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका “the gated [city]”, possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or several very grand gates) is a sacred historic city in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. The name Dvaraka is said to have been given to the place by Krishna. Dvaraka is one of the Sapta Puri (seven sacred…