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[13] [14] [15] The Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda, may have formed the core of the Kurukshetra war's story. The war was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account, which makes it dubious. [16] Attempts have been made to assign a historical date to the Kurukshetra war, with research suggesting c. 1000 BCE. [14]
Drona Parva of Mahabharata refers to 6000 soldiers from the Parama Kamboja (caste) group who had sided with the Pandavas against the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra war. They have been described as "very fortunate Kambojas" (prabhadrakastu Kambojah), [2] extremely fierce, 'Personification of Death' (samanmrityo), fearful like Yama, the god of death and rich like Kuber i.e. god of treasure ...
The Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata is believed to have taken place here. Thaneswar, whose urban area is merged with Kurukshetra, is a pilgrimage site with many locations attributed to Mahabharata. [4] In the Vedas, Kurukshetra is described not as a city but as a region ("kshetra" means "region" in Sanskrit).
The Battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahabharata. Hindu mythological wars are the wars described in the Hindu texts of ancient India . These wars depicted both mortals of great prowess as well as deities and supernatural beings , often wielding supernatural weapons of great power.
The Mahabharata and the Rāmāyaṇa are the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. [5] Together they form the Hindu itihasa. [6] The Mahābhārata narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War, and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pāṇḍava princes and their successors.
Bharatayuddha (Sanskrit: भारतयुद्ध;, Bhāratayuddha) or Bharat Yudha (or similar) is a term used in Indonesia for the Kurukshetra War, and to describe the Javanese translation and interpretation of the Mahabharata. The Mahabharata was translated into (old) Javanese under the reign of king Dharmawangsa of Medang (r. 990-1006). [1]
Witzel notes this battle to be the probable archetype/prototype of the Kurukshetra War, narrated in the Mahabharata. [14] John Brockington takes a similar approach. [15] S. S. N. Murthy goes to the extent of proposing the battle as the very "nucleus" of the Kurukshetra War; Walter Ruben adopts a similar stance.
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