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Characters of
Bhagavata |
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Most popular of all the Puranas, Bhagavat deals
with incarnation of Lord Vishnu and includes biographies of great
devotees. Find here an exclusive reference on characters of Bhagavata.
Also check: characters of
Ramayana &
Mahabharat. |
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Character |
पात्र |
Reference |
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Avatar |
अवतार |
Descend of God; Bhagavat
narrates twenty-five Avatars: Chatursana, Narada, Varaha, Matsya, Yagna,
Nar-Narayan, Kapila, Dattatreya, Hayagriva, Hansa, Prsnigarbha, Rishabha,
Prithu, Narsimha, Kurma, Dhanvantari, Mohini, Vamana, Parshurama, Ram,
Vyas, Balrama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki. |
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Janmejaya |
जन्मेजय |
Son of Parikshit; Reacting
to death of his father, Parikshit by Takshak, he offered all snakes in
fire |
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Khatavanga |
खटवांग |
Ancestor of Ram, who
willingly gave up his wordly duties; He was mentioned by Lord Krishna as
an example of renunciation at the end of one's life. |
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Krishna |
कृष्ण |
Incarnation of Lord
Vishnu; son of Devaki and Vasudeva; Brother of Balrama and Subhadra; He
killed Kansa, ruler of Mathura; He became charioteer and guided Arjuna
in the decisive battle of Mahabharat; |
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Kunti |
कुंती |
Wife of Pandu; mother of
Karna and Pandavas |
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Narada |
नारद |
A great devotee of the
Lord, who freely roams in the spiritual and material world to spread the
glories of the Lord; he incited Sage Vyas to write Srimad Bhagavat; he
symbolically holds vina, a musical instrument, in his hand and chants 'Narayan'. |
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Parikshit |
परीक्षित |
son
of Abhimanyu (son of Arjuna) and Uttara, who was protected in the womb by Krishna; he
was cursed by a brahmin to die in seven days by snake bite; he attained
perfection by listening to Srimad Bhagavat by Shukadeva, son of Sage
Vyas. |
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Sanakadi |
सनकादि |
Eternally young Rishi - Sanak,
Sanandan, Sanatan and Santkumar, who are considered as descent of God. |
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Shamik |
शमीक |
A
rishi, who was offended by King Parikshit; His son, Shrungi,
cursed Parikshit to die of a snakebite |
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Shaunak |
शौनक |
The
chief of the sages who were present in Naimisharanya when Shukdeva
narrated Bhagavat to Prikshit |
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Shrungi |
श्रुंगी |
Son
of Shamika, who cursed King Parikshit to die in seven days of a
snakebite to avenged for his misconduct with his father. |
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Shukdeva |
शुकदेव |
Son
of Sage Vyas, who explained the Srimad Bhagavat, to King Parikshit in
seven days. |
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Sutaji |
सूतजी |
Disciple of Shukdeva |
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Uttara |
उत्तरा |
Mother of Parikshit; wife of Abhimanyu, the son born from the marriage
between Subhadra and Arjun; She requested Krishna to protect her
unborn child, Parikshit from Aswatthama's brahmastra. |
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Vishnu |
विष्णु |
Hindu Lord;
Power of God which is a sustaining force behind the universe. (Brahma -
Generator, Vishnu - Operator and Shiva- Destoryer) |
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Vyas |
व्यास |
Great
Sage and scholar who created scriptural masterpieces like Mahabharat,
Vedas, Puranas and Bhagavad Gita. He was incited by Naradaji to
write Bhagavatam. |
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