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Pratipa (Sanskrit: प्रतीप, romanized: Pratīpa) is a legendary king in Hinduism. He is the king of Hastinapura and a member of the Lunar dynasty. He is the father of Shantanu and the grandfather of Bhishma, [1] Chitrangada, and Vichitravirya. The king is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Shantanu (Sanskrit: शांतनु, शान्तनु, IAST: Shāṃtanu, Shāntanu) [1] was the King of Kuru Kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura, in the epic Mahabharata. [2] He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Chandravamsha, the father of Bhishma and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and ...
Devapi (Sanskrit: देवापि, Devāpi, lit. friend of Gods) or Devāpi Arṣṭiṣeṇa, is an immortal sage.According to the Nirukta (ii.10), the Brihaddevata, the Mahabharata, and the Puranas, he was a Kuru prince and the eldest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapura.
Bahlika was the second of the three sons of Pratipa and his wife Sunanda, the king and queen of Hastinapura.With his eldest son Devapi set to inherit, Pratipa gifted some newly-conquered land (though in some versions of the story, this is the land Jarasandha gifted Bahlika for agreeing not to join Panchala in a war against Magadha) [2] to his second son; the land was given the name Bahlika as ...
Adhiratha was the foster-father of Karna. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Adhiratha was descended from Yayati and therefore was related to Krishna. He was also the descendant of Romapada, [7] the king of Anga and brother-in-law of Dasharatha's descendant Shighra, king of Ayodhya. His wife was Radha and their biological sons were Shona and ...
Mahabharata Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra Information Religion Hinduism Author Vyasa Language Sanskrit Period Principally compiled in 3rd century BCE–4th century CE Chapters 18 Parvas Verses 200,000 Full text Mahabharata at Sanskrit Wikisource Mahabharata at English Wikisource Part of a series on Hindu scriptures and texts Shruti Smriti List Vedas Rigveda Samaveda ...
Bhurishravas' father, Somadatta, once clashed with another prince called Sini. When Devaki, the mother of Lord Krishna, was still unwed, many princes competed for her hand in marriage, including Somadatta and Sini, who fought a great battle over her. Sini, fighting on behalf of Vasudeva won the battle. This incident launched a hatred between ...
In Star Plus' television series Mahabharat (2013) Aarav Chowdhary played the role of Bhishma. Amitabh Bachchan has also voiced the character in the animated Mahabharat (2013). Naved Aslam in Sony TV's Suryaputra Karn. [citation needed] Ambareesh played the role of Bhishma in the 2019 mythological Kannada movie Kurukshetra, which was his last ...