|
Word |
शब्द |
Meaning in English |
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Abhimanyu |
अभिमन्यु |
Son of Arjuna, who died
in the war |
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Adhirath |
अधिरथ |
King Shantanu's sarathi,
who found child Karna in a box flowed by Karna's mother Ganga. He
named the boy Radhey and brought him up. |
|
Amba |
अंबा |
Daughter of Kashiraj
(King of Kashi); sister of Ambika & Ambalika; wife of Shalva |
|
Ambika & Ambalika |
अंबिका, अंबालिका |
Daughter of Kashiraj
(King of Kashi); sisters of Amba; wives of Vichitravirya |
|
Aniruddha |
अनिरुद्ध |
Grandson of
Krishna and Rukmani; Son of Pradyuman and Rukmavati |
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Arjuna |
अर्जुन |
Fourth son of Kunti,
sired by Indra; Inimitable archer |
|
Ashwatthama |
अश्वत्थामा |
Son of
Dronacharya and Krupi; defeated by Arjuna in the great battle of
Mahabharata |
|
Bhagiratha |
भगीरथ |
King of solar dynasty
who brought sacred river Ganga on earth |
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Bhima |
भीम |
Third son of Kunti,
sired by wind God; Known for his food and strength; Father of
Ghatotkatcha |
|
Bhishma |
भीष्म |
Eighth son of Shantanu and
Ganga; Counselor of Dhritarastra; celibate by vow; had a boon to
choose the time of his death; aka Debvrata |
|
Brihaspati |
ब्रृहस्पति |
Spiritual
head of Deities; Father of Kach |
|
Chitrangad |
चित्रांगद |
Son of
Shantanu & Satyavati; Brother of Vichitravirya |
|
Devyani |
देवयानी |
Sukracharya's daughter, who married to King
Yayati |
|
Dhristadhyumna |
धृष्टद्युम्न |
Son of King Drupada;
Brother of Draupadi; He was born of a sacrificial fire along with
Draupadi |
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Dhritarastra |
धृतराष्ट्र |
Elder brother of Pandu;
Father of hundered Kauravas (Duryodhan, Dushashan ..etc); husband of
Gandhari |
|
Drona |
द्रोण |
Teacher who served
dynasty of Hastinapur; Taught weaponry to both Pandavas and Kauravas
but ended up fighting for Kaurvas; Son of Bhardwaj; He was married to
Kripi and had a son named Aswatthama. |
|
Drupada |
द्रुपद |
Father of Draupadi and
Dhristadhyumna; King
of Panchal; father of Shikhandi; Childhood friend of Drona |
|
Draupadi |
द्रौपदी |
Wife of five pandavas;
daughter of Kind Drupad; She was won in swayamvar (groom chosing) by
Arjuna |
|
Duryodhana |
दुर्योधन |
First son of Gandhari
and eldest of hundred Kauravas |
|
Dushashana |
दुःशासन |
Brother of Duryodhana and
son of Gandhari; He humiliated and dragged Draupadi by hair |
|
Dushala |
दुःशला |
Daughter of Gandhari and
Dhritarastra; Lone sister of hundred Kauravas |
|
Eklavya |
एकलव्य |
Inimitable archer and
student of Drona who learned archery without direct teaching; he gave his thumb as Guru-dakshina |
|
Gandhari |
गांधारी |
Wife of Dhritarastra,
who blindfold herself after the marriage; Mother of hundred Kauravas;
Sister of Shakuni; Daughter of the King of Gandhar |
|
Ganga |
गंगा |
Married to
Shantanu; Mother of Bhishma; Goddess of the sacred river, Ganga who
was brought to earth by Bhagirath |
|
Ghatotkatcha |
घटोत्कच |
Son of Bhima |
|
Jayadratha |
जयद्रथ |
Son-in-law of
Dritarastra and King of Sindhu kingdom; Married to Dushala, sister of
Kauravas |
|
Kach |
कच |
Son of Brihaspati, who
went to Sukracharya's place to learn the art of immortality |
|
Kapil |
कपिल |
Sage whose
wrath killed sixty thousand sons of King Sagar |
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Karna |
कर्ण |
Eldest son of Kunti,
sired by sun God (hence surya-putra); Friend of Duryodhana; Raised by
charioteer (hence sut-putra) |
|
Kripacharya |
कृपाचार्य |
Teacher of Pandavas and
Kauravas but ended up fighting for kauravas |
|
Krishna |
कृष्ण |
Incarnation of Lord
Vishnu, who delivered Bhagavad Gita; cousin of Kunti; Friend and
Charioteer of Arjuna; Chief councelor for Pandavas in the war |
|
Kunti |
कुंती |
Wife of Pandu; Mother of
Karna, Yudhisthir, Arjuna and Bhima |
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Madri |
माद्री |
Second wife
of Pandu; Mother of Nakul and Sahdeva; daughter of King Shalya |
|
Nakula |
नकुल |
Son of Madri and Pandu,
known for patience |
|
Pratip |
प्रतीप |
Father of
Shantanu & Father-in-law of Ganga |
|
Pandu |
पाण्डु |
Younger brother of
Dhritarastra; husband of Kunti |
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Sahdeva |
सहदेव |
Son of Madri and Pandu,
known for wisdom; He could see future |
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Sandipani |
सांदिपनी |
Teacher of Krishna and
Sudama |
|
Satyavati |
सत्यवती |
Daughter of
a fisherman (Dasraj); wife of King Shantanu; mother of Chitrangad &
Vichitravirya |
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Shalya |
शल्य |
Madri's father |
|
Shakuni |
शकुनी |
Younger brother of
Gandhari; maternal uncle of Duryodhana; An expert dice player |
|
Shakuntala |
शकुंतला |
Raised by Sage Kanva;
Wife of King Dushyant; Mother of Sarvadaman |
|
Shantanu |
शांतनु |
Married to Ganga and
father of Bhishma; also married to Satyavati, daughter of a fisherman. |
|
Sharmistha |
शर्मिष्ठा |
Daughter of King
Vrishparva; friend of Devyani |
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Sukracharya |
शुक्राचार्य |
Spiritual head of Demons |
|
Ved Vyas |
वेद व्यास |
Son of Sage Parashar and
Matsyagandha; creator of Mahabharat, Bhagavad Gita and many Puranas;
Born on a dwip (island) so also known as 'Dwaipayan' |
|
Yayati |
ययाति |
Son of King
Nahush; Father of Puru; when Yayati became old because of a curse of
Sukracharya, his son Puru gave him his youth |
|
Yudhisthir |
युधिष्ठीर |
Second son of Kunti,
sired by Dharma |
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Yuyutsu |
युयुत्सु |
Son of Dhritarastra from
vaishya maid, who fought for Pandavas in Mahabharat war; He was
installed as a king of Indraprastha by Yudhisthir |
|
Vaishampayan |
वैशंपायन |
Disciple of Ved Vyas,
who gave discourse of Mahabharat to Janmejaya. |
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Vaichitravirya |
विचित्रवीर्य |
Son of
Shantanu & Satyavati; Brother of Chitrangad; he married to Ambika &
Ambalika |
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The
list is not exhaustive. Watch
out for more additions ... |
