The most important other characters include Bhishma, Karna, Dronacharya, Shakuni, Dhritrashtra, Gandhari and Kunti. He married Vrushali and Supriya. His grandparents were Bhima and Hidimbā. Karna was Duryodhana's closest friend. Balarama was elder brother of Krishna. She is daughter of Surya and Chhaya.

She did it out of curiosity and gave birth to Karna, who was born with indestructible armour and earings. Arjuna was the son of Pandu and Kunti in the Kuru Kingdom. Her story is told in the Mahabharata and dramatized by many writers, the most famous adaption being Kalidasa's play Abhijñānaśākuntala (The Sign of Shakuntala). The Mahabharata relates many events which portray the might of Bhima. Iravan played a huge role in the Kurukshetra War. After the Pandavas and Draupadi left for heaven, Takshaka killed Parikshit. He was the commander-in-chief of the Pandava army during the entire Kurukshetra War i.e. He did not fight the War, and hence, was the only alive son of Ghatotkacha. Upon seeing her, Vishwamitra was filled with desire and from their union, Shakuntala, mother of great king Bharat, was born. Before Satyavati married Shantanu, she had an affair with Parashara. Usually, he is also indicated as the third-oldest son, but in other sources, the "third-strongest" reputation remained and it is implied that Vikarna is just one of Gandhari's 99 children (after Duryodhana and Dussasana). Sulabha was the wife of Vidura, the half-brother of King Dhritarashtra and the Prime Minister of Hastinapur.

On the 18th day, he was killed by Duryodhana. Deities who play a significant role in the epic include Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva, Ganga, Indra, Surya and Yamraj. Madira's children were Nanda, Upananda, Kritaka, and others. The film begins during the time of Dvapara Yuga when Arjuna (N. T. Rama Rao) was making an around-the-earth trip for one year, gets acquainted with many ladies and marries them, such as Ulupi (Rajasulochana), daughter of Nagaraja Kouravya (C.S.R), Chitrangada (S. Varalakshmi), daughter of Vichitra Vahana (Relangi), King of Manipura and finally Subhadra (L. Vijayalakshmi), sister of Lord Krishna (Kanta Rao). In the Mahabharata, Ganga was the first wife of Shantanu, and the mother of heroic warrior-patriarch, Bhishma. He was the husband of Shakuntala and the father of the Emperor Bharatha. [30] Kuntibhoja raised her as his own daughter and loved her. Ulupi reaches Manipura trains Babruvahana and gifts him the weapon. Music composed by Paamarthi. Kuru is the name of the ancestor of the clan of the Kurus in the Mahabharata. He served as Prime Minister of Gandhara because of his wisdom under Shakuni's rule. In the war, he defeated great pandava warriors including Drishtadyumna, Drupada, Matsya king Virata, Bhima.

Bhanumati's mother-in-law Gandhari describes her to Krishna in the posterior to the battle of Kurukshetra.[13][14]. The later part of the story is about how Savitri's love and wit saves her husband from Yama, god of death. Hidimbi, along with her brother, Hidimba, tried to eat the Pandvas, when they entered their forest. Kichaka was the general of the Mastya kingdom. He used Narayanastra and killed 1 akshouni of Pandava army. He was uncle of Nakula and Sahadeva. [12] Her maid or best friend, Supriya, married Karna. He was son Pururavas and his apsara wife, Urvashi.

In the epic, he was the first god called by Kunti using the mantra given by sage Durvasa to obtain a child. The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India; it was composed by the sage Vyasa. He was the son of Brihaspati.

In his last life, Purochana had been Prahasta, Ravana's uncle and commander-in-chief of his army . Draupadi became maid servant of Sudeshna named as Sairendhri, who had five powerful ghandharva husbands named as Jaya (Yudhishthira), Jayanta (Bhima), Vijaya (Arjuna), Jayadsena (Nakula) and Jayadbala (Sahadeva). On the 16th day of war, Karna He was equal to Indra in every way and was made the ruler of Swarga in Indra's absence. He was born to Vichitravirya's first wife Ambika. She was maid of Draupadi married to a Kshatriyan soldier Pralanksena. Vajra was crowned as the King of Indraprastha on the request of Krishna by the Pandavas after the Yadava fratricide just before the Pandavas' exile.

But Arjuna refused her as he thought her as his mother. He was the father of Satyabhama, who was Bhumidevi's incarnation and Sri Krishna's third wife.[47][48]. Being the firstborn son of the blind king, he was the crown prince of Kuru Kingdom and its capital Hastinapura along with his cousin Yudhishtra who was older than him. Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Oxford, 1899), p. 294.1, Mbhr. She was the wife of Adhiratha.

He was unmarried and was killed by Yudhishthira along with Shalya on the last day of war. In the Mahabharat, Markandeya visits the Pandavas during their exile and tells them the story of Nala and Damayanti, Savitri and Satyavan, etc. She is the daughter of Vasudeva and Rohini. Padmavati is sometimes referred to be the another name of Supriya. Dharma, later in the epic, appears testing Yudhishthira by taking form of a Yaksha. Amba was abducted by Kuru prince Bhishma and holds him responsible for her misfortune. From their union, Budha was born, whose son, Pururavas, founded the lunar dynasty. Her husband and son were killed by Drona before Drupada's death on the 15th day of war. She was sent by Indra to fill Vishwamitra with lust and destroy his penance. Sahadeva is a frequent ally of the Pandavas, and attended the Rajsuya of Yudhishthira. She was the daughter of Panchala King Drupada and wife of the Pandavas who fought their cousins, the Kauravas in the great Kurukshetra War. She was the wife of Vasudeva and mother of Balrama. She married Karna when Duryodhana married Bhanumati. Janamejaya was a kuru king and a descendant of Arjuna. Sudakshina (Sanskrit: सुदक्षिण) was a king of the Kambojas, and fought on the side of the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War. Karna then accepts her maid Padmavati as his wife instead. During the Kurukshetra War, he fought from the side of Pandavas and was slayed by Shakuni. He was a friend of Vasudeva, spouse of Yashoda and the foster father of Krishna. He married princess of Kashi. He was the son of king Bhishmaka and elder brother of Rukmini. He gained a boon that only his mother could kill him. for 18 days. Suthanu was the daughter of Yudhisthir and Draupadi, as well as the sister of the Upapandavas. and became father to 100 sons and one daughter Dushala by his wife Gandhari (Gāndhārī), and another son Yuyutsu by Sughada, his wife's maid.

He was the son of King of Anga Karna and his chief consort Maharani Padmavati and also third of Karna's nine sons. Sutsoma was the son of Bhima and Draupadi. Budha is the illegitimate son of Chandra, the moon god and Tara, wife of Brihaspati. He was considered to have the physical strength of 10,000 elephants approximately.

Sanjaya – who has the gift of seeing events at a distance (divya-drishti) right in front of him, granted by the sage Vyasa – narrates to Dhritarashtra the action in the climactic battle of Kurukshetra, which includes the Bhagavad Gita. Adhiratha was the charioteer and poet profession working for king Dhritarashtra. He was Yuvaraja (Crown Price) of Kalinga. When Bhima slayed his father, Krishna declared him to be the new ruler of Magadha. Shakuni did a Yajna on Subala's order for obtaining a protector who can protect his eldest son Uluka and Kingdom Gandhara from dangers. [1], Adhiratha was the foster father of Karna and the charioteer of Bheeshma. The Pandavas named their capital, Indraprastha, after him. The Pandavas woke up and realized that this had been another one of Duryodhana and Shakuni’s evil schemes. [36], King Kuru had two wives named Shubhangi and Vahini. [22] When Urvashi cursed Arjuna to remain a eunuch for life, it was Chitrasena along with Indra who mediated with her to reduce the tenure of her curse to a single year. Savitri is a princess born by the boon of Savitra. Later, she gave birth to 8 children, who were Vasus reborn as mortals due to a curse. Vyasa was the author of epic Mahabharata.

[15][16][17][18] He appears to have been an ancient very powerful and renowned (vikhyaat) ruler of the Kambojas. They had a son called Vajra (see below). Narakasura was the son of Bhumi, the earth goddess. Arjuna teaches him many more skills of great warrior. Later, Chandra married Rohini and a son named Varchas was born. He was the grandson of Maharishi Gautama. Rukmi was the ruler of Vidarbha. However, he survived and was raised by Mayawati (reincarnation of devi Rati).

He is famous for his role in the story of Syamantaka gem. Ekalavya (English: एकलव्य, ékalavya) is a character from the epic The Mahābhārata. He was the son of Parikshit and the grandson of Abhimanyu and Uttarā. Samba was the husband of Lakshmanaa, Duryodhana's daughter.

When Karna asks Asawari's father, the king, for her hand, he rejected her marriage with Karna. Vrishasena was the son of Karna and Vrishali. Bhima defeated and killed fearsome warrior Jarasandha. However, Bhishma won the princesses for his brother. He was disciple of his maternal uncles Krishna and Balrama. Krishna married her, when he defeated Jambavan to retrieve the stolen Syamantaka jewel.[27]. Astika was a rishi, and he was a son of Jaratkaru by the serpent goddess Manasa - a sister of the great serpent king Vasuki. She was mother of Uluka, Vrikaasur and Vriprachitti. The film is based on the life of Babruvahana, one of the sons of Arjuna.[2][3]. He appears during the exile of Pandavas. He was killed unfairly on the 13th day of Kurukshetra War. His story is set long before the Kurukshetra war. Arjuna was an Atimaharathi and was equal to 12 Maharathis. He was younger brother of Shikhandini/Shikhandi and elder brother of Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi. He was born from Niyoga- between sage Vyasa and Parishrami, a handmaiden to the queens- Ambika and Ambalika.


He was killed by Shalya with his two brothers on very first day of war.
As a result, he was beheaded by the Sudarshana Chakra. He fell in love Damayanti and married her. In Kashidasi Mahabharat (a regional version of the epic), Padmavati was the maid of Princess Asawari and the wife of Karna. Dhritarashtra was born blind

He defeated great warriors like Bhishma, Drona, Ashwatthama, Karna, Kripa many times but never got defeated by any of them through out his life. They had a son Suhotra. His twin sister Kripi married Drona. He was the one who asked Satyavati's heir to be the ruler of Hastinapura, due to which Bhishma took a vow of celibacy and a vow not to rule Hastinapura. 1.89.44 and 1.90.40 (Pune Critical Edition 1971), "The story of Amba | Mahabharata Stories, Summary and Characters from Mahabharata", "The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva Index", "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CXI", "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CXII", "The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Vana Parva, Section CCCI", "The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Adi Parva, Section CXI", "Madri, Mādrī, Mādri, Madrī: 14 definitions", "The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section XCV", "The Mahabharata, Book 16: Mausala Parva: Section 7", "Least Known Characters Of Mahabharata - Vrushali | RoBa's World", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Characters_in_the_Mahabharata&oldid=984752155, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 October 2020, at 21:51. He was the third brother among Upapandavas.

This is where he hears the story of his great-grandfathers. [32] When Kunti was a young girl, the sage Durvasa visited Kuntibhoja one day, and sought his hospitality. Radha was the foster mother of Karna, one of the central characters in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata.