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Parīkṣit (Sanskrit: परीक्षित्, IAST: Parīkṣit [note 1]) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period (12th–9th centuries BCE). [1] Along with his son and successor, Janamejaya, he played a decisive role in the consolidation of the Kuru state, the arrangement of Vedic hymns into collections, and the development of the orthodox srauta ritual, transforming ...
Shuka told a brief version of the Bhagavata Purana to the Kuru king Parikshit, who was destined to die after seven days due to a curse. A place called Shukachari is believed to be the cave of Shuka, where he disappeared in cave stones as per local traditions. Shuka in Sanskrit means parrot and thus the name is derived from the large number of ...
King Kuru II of Puru dynasty after whom the dynasty was named 'Kuruvansha' or 'Kaurava'. After his name, the district in Haryana was called as Kurukshetra. [8] By the glory, zenith and name of this king the dynasty hence renamed from Paurava Kingdom to Kuru Kingdom. [9] After these Kings several kings of this dynasty established several kingdoms.
Sarpayaga from Razmnama. When King Janamejaya wanted to know the reasons for his father Parikshit's death, details were made known by his council of Ministers. [16] Uttanka, one of the priests in the court of Janamejaya, who had also been cheated by Takshaka, gave a detailed account of Parikshit's death and urged Janamejaya to take revenge by holding the snake sacrifice. [17]
Janamejaya (Sanskrit: जनमेजय) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period. [1] Along with his father and predecessor Parikshit, he played a decisive role in the consolidation of the Kuru state, the arrangement of Vedic hymns into collections, and the development of the orthodox srauta ritual, transforming the Kuru realm into the dominant political and cultural part ...
Uttanka reminded the king of his father Parikshit's death, at the hands of Takshaka (1,3). In the chapters (14-53 to 58) Uttanka's history is repeated where the ear-rings were mentioned to be of queen Madayanti, the wife of king Saudasa (an Ikshwaku king) (14,57). A Naga in the race of Airavata is said to steal away the ear-rings (14,58).
in 1724, Meitei King Pamheiba, also known as Gharib Nawaz, having converted from Sanamahism to Hinduism by Guru Gopaldas, composed his version of the Parikshit, a Meitei-language version of an episode he found appealing from the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Madravati(मद्रावती) is a character in the Mahabharata, described as the wife of Kuru King Parikshit, the mother of King Janamejaya (who was the grandson of Abhimanyu) and the great-grandson of Arjuna the Pandava prince on the other side. [1] [2] [3]