Somadatta Somadatta, son of Bahlika, was an ally of the Kauravas. He was a suitor to Devaki, mother of Krishna. He fought with Sini, who was seeking the hand of Devaki for his friend Vasudeva. The battle was hard fought and in the end Sini emerged victorious. Devaki married Vasudeva. This incident began a bitter feud between the clan of Somadatta and…
The concept of Srishti described in Mahabharata Srishti (Creation) In Vedic cosmology, the universe is cyclically created and destroyed. The Hindu timeline is considered by some to be the closest to modern scientific timelines. It suggests that the Big Bang is not the beginning of everything, but is just the…
Subahu In Mahabharata Subahu was one of the Samshaptaka/Trigarta warriors. He fought with Arjuna on the 12th day of war. The son of Pandu then, in that battle, with a broad-headed arrow, cut off the leathern fence of Subahu, and covered Sudharman and Sudhanwan, and Subahu pierced Partha with ten…
Subala Subala was the king of Gandhara, and father of Gandhari, and thus the father-in-law of Dhritarashtra and the grandfather of Duryodhana. Shakuni, Vrishaka, Achala and others were his sons, and were all killed in the Mahabharata war.
Subhadra Subhadra (IAST: Subhadrā) is a character in the Mahabharata. She is the sister of Krishna and Balarama, wife of Arjuna and mother of Abhimanyu and grandmother of Parikshit. She is the daughter of Vasudeva and Rohini. When Subhadra becomes of age, Balarama suggests her as a bride to Duryodhana who was his favourite pupil. Krishna (knowing that Arjuna and Subhadra are deeply in love with…
Sudharman Sudharman was one of the Samshaptaka/Trigarta warriors. He fought with Arjuna on the 12th day of war. The son of Pandu then, in that battle, with a broad-headed arrow, cut off the leathern fence of Subahu, and covered Sudharman and Sudhanwan, and Subahu pierced Partha with ten arrows. Partha,…
Suktimati Suktimati was the capital city of the Chedi Kingdom in India. It lay on the banks of the river Suktimati flowing through Chedi. It was built by a Chedi king known as Uparichara vasu. In the Mahabharata, it has been quoted that this river gave birth to twins (a boy and a girl)…
Supratika Supratika – the elephant – is one of the eight Diggajas, each representing the eight quarters, mentioned in Puranas. Supratika was also the elephant used by Bhagadatta in the Kurukshetra war. Supratika – a Diggaja The eight Diggajas – male elephants that bear the world together are: Airavata, Pundarika, Vamana, Kumuda,…