Kshatriyas
Kshatriyas In Mahabharata Kshatriya is one of the four castes – the other castes being Brahmanas, Vaishyas and Shudras.
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Kshemadhurti
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
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 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…
Kunti tells Vyasa about Karna
ಕರ್ಣನ ಕುರಿತು ಕುಂತಿ-ವ್ಯಾಸರ ಸಂವಾದ ಆಶ್ರಮವಾಸಿಕ ಪರ್ವ: ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 37 ಆಶ್ರಮವಾಸಿಕ ಪರ್ವ: ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 38
Kurma
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…
Kuru
Kuru (Sanskrit: कुरु) was the name of a Vedic Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India, encompassing the modern-day states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and western part of Uttar Pradesh, which appeared in the Middle Vedic period (c. 1200 – c. 850 BCE) and developed into the first recorded state-level society in…
Kusamba
Kusamba Kusamba, also known as Manivahana, was the third son of Vasu Uparichara, the Chedi king and Girika [Mahabharata: Shantanu, Ganga, Bhishma and Satyavati].
Kshemadhurti
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
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 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…
Kunti tells Vyasa about Karna
ಕರ್ಣನ ಕುರಿತು ಕುಂತಿ-ವ್ಯಾಸರ ಸಂವಾದ ಆಶ್ರಮವಾಸಿಕ ಪರ್ವ: ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 37 ಆಶ್ರಮವಾಸಿಕ ಪರ್ವ: ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 38
Kurma
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…
Kuru
Kuru (Sanskrit: कुरु) was the name of a Vedic Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India, encompassing the modern-day states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and western part of Uttar Pradesh, which appeared in the Middle Vedic period (c. 1200 – c. 850 BCE) and developed into the first recorded state-level society in…
Kusamba
Kusamba Kusamba, also known as Manivahana, was the third son of Vasu Uparichara, the Chedi king and Girika [Mahabharata: Shantanu, Ganga, Bhishma and Satyavati].