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Afraid of the taint of being an unwed mother, she placed the baby in a basket and set him afloat a river. The child later known as Karna was found and adopted by Radha and Adiratha, who raised Karna as their own. Karna is known by the matronymic Radheya. Karna, once he knows from Krishna and Kunti about his birth secret, having done so much ...
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According to the Mahabharata, Ashwatthama means "the sacred voice which relates to that of a horse". [3] He is so-named because it is believed that when he was born, he cried out like a horse. [4] Some of his other names are: Dronaputra (द्रोणपुत्र) - Son of Dronacharya; Guruputra (गुरुपुत्र) - Son of Guru ...
The Harivamsa, an appendix of the Mahabharata, makes Kashyapa and Surabhi – here, portrayed as his wife – the parents of the Rudras. [2] [6] In another instance in the Mahabharata, it is Dharma (possibly identified with Yama) who is the father of the Rudras and the Maruts. [1]
Kamsa - A powerful king killed by Krishna, referred to as an asura in the Padma Purana ॐ; Kaiṭabha ॐ; Kakasura ॐ; Kāla - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu (Harivaṃśa) ॐ; Kali - Ruler of the Kali Yuga ॐ
R. Raghava Iyengar,R.1941 Tamil Varalaru (in Tamil),Annamalai, University(Reprint 1978 ) Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dhallapiccola; Sanskrit-English Dictionary (ISBN 0-19-864308-X) by Sir Monier Monier-Williams; The Sauptikaparvan of the Mahabharata A new verse translation by W.J. Johnson; The Epic Tale of ...
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