Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ekalavya trains himself in the forest using a clay statue of the teacher as his guide. His exceptional skill attracts the attention of Arjuna, who, feeling threatened, complains to Dronacharya. In response, Dronacharya demands Ekalavya’s right-hand thumb as gurudakshina (teacher’s fee), which Ekalavya willingly gives, diminishing his abilities.
The Ekalavya temple (Hindi: एकलव्य मंदिर) is the only Hindu temple in the world dedicated to Ekalavya of the Mahabharata. It is located in the Khandsa village of Gurugram, Haryana, India. It is built atop the spot where Ekalavya cut his thumb and offered it to Guru Drona as Guru Dakshina. His thumb was buried in this ...
To resolve the matter, Drona accepted Ekalavya as his student, but demanded the thumb on his dominant hand as gurudakshina, or teacher's payment, in order to limit his abilities and further growth in archery, thus pacifying Arjuna. Ekalavya, being an exemplary disciple, immediately cut off his thumb and presented it to Drona. [8] [7]
The story, like many stories in Mahabharata, is an open ended parable on education, personal drive to learn, and what is proper and improper dakṣiṇā In the epic Mahabharata, after the right hand thumb as gurudakṣiṇā event, Drona is haunted and wonders if demanding Ekalavya's thumb was proper, [9] Ekalavya goes on to re-master archery ...
A baby is discovered floating in the Ganga river by a charioteer named Adhiratha, who adopts and names the boy Karna.As Karna grows up, he witnesses the injustice of Dronacharya removing Ekalavya's thumb to ensure Arjuna becomes the foremost archer.
Such tokens can be as simple as a piece of fruit or as serious as a thumb, as in the case of Ekalavya and his guru Dronacharya. Guru gotra, refers to the practice of adopting the name of guru or the parampara as one's gotra (surname) instead of gotra at birth.
There is an Eklavya temple in honour of Ekalavya in Khandsa. As in the Mahabharata , this is the only temple of Eklavya and it is the place where Eklavya cut his thumb and offered to guru Drona . [ 2 ]
His Hebberalu ("Thumb", 1946) dramatises the story of Drona and Ekalavya, characters from the epic Mahabharata. [143] K.V. Puttappa ('Kuvempu'), who would subsequently become Kannada's first Jnanpith awardee, demonstrated great talent in writing blank verse with his magnum opus Sri Ramayana Darshanam (1949). [144]