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…
Kali Yuga (Devanāgarī: कलियुग lit. “age of [the demon] Kali”, or “age of vice”) is the last of the four stages the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas described in the Sanskrit scriptures, within the present Mahayuga. The other ages are called Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, and Dvapara Yuga. Kali Yuga is associated with the demon Kali (not to be confused…
Kalpa Kalpa (Sanskrit: कल्प kalpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning an aeon, or a relatively long period of time (by human calculation) in Vedic/Puranic cosmology. Generally speaking, a kalpa is the period of time between the creation and recreation of a world or universe. The definition of a kalpa equaling 4.32 billion years is found in the Puranas—specifically Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata…
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…
ಕರ್ಣನು ಘಟೋತ್ಕಚನನ್ನು ವಧಿಸಿದುದು ಕರ್ಣ-ಘಟೋತ್ಕಚರ ಯುದ್ಧ; ದ್ರೋಣಪರ್ವ: ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 150 ಘಟೋತ್ಕಚ ವಧೆ: ದ್ರೋಣ ಪರ್ವ: ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 154
Karnikara tree Karnikara tree or bayur tree or Pterospermum acerifolium, is a flowering plant indigenous to Southeast Asia, from India to Burma. It is most likely to grow naturally along forested stream banks. The best growing conditions are a seasonally moist then dry climate with access to full sunlight. Pterospermum acerifolium is an angiosperm…
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…
KashyapaKashyapa is a revered Vedic sage. He was one of the seven ancient Rishis considered as Saptarishis in Rigveda, numerous Sanskrit texts and Indian mythologies. He is the most ancient Rishi listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, and called a self-made scholar in the Atharvaveda. He was based in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, and legends attribute the region…