CHARACTERS
IN MAHABHARAT
Overview
of Chandravansh :
Chandravansh
(Lunar Dynasty) :
King Pururavas was the founder of Chandravansh (Lunar Dynasty).
He founded Lunar Dynasty in Treta Yug. According to Ramayan and
Mahabharat, King Pururavas was the son of Ila and Buddh. The Important
Personalities were Yayati, Yadu, King Puru , Turvasu, Druhyu and
Anu. According to Mahabharat, Pandav and Kaurav were from the lineage
of King Puru.
Shree
Krishna and Balaram were from the lineage of King Yadu. Turvasu's
descendants were Mleccha of Balochistan and Dravidas of South India.
Druhyu's descendants were Gandharas. Anu's descendants were Madras,
Kekayas, Sauviras etc.,
1. Brahma
2. Atri
3. Chandra
4. Buddh
The Chandravanshi (Lunar Dynasty) Kings.
The
Chandravansh was founded in Treta Yug.
1. Pururavas
2. Aayu
3. Nahush
4. Yayati was the youngest son of King Nahush. He had 2 wives and
5 sons.Yadu, Turvasu, Druhyu, Anu and King Puru were the 5 sons
of Yayati.Devayani and Sharmishtha were the two wives of Yayati.
(Contemporary to Demon King Vrishparv).
Characters
in the Mahabharat :
Characters in the Mahabharat The most important characters of Mahabharat
can be said to be Krishna, the Pandavas, who are Dharmaraj, Bhim,
Arjun, Nakul and Sahdev, the Kouravs, who are a group of 99 brothers
and one sister (her name was Dushila) headed by the eldest brother,
Duryodhan; The important teachers were Dronacharya and Bhishma.
Still, many other characters are there in the Mahabharat.
List
:
• In the epic Mahabharat, Ambika is the daughter of Kashya,
the King of Kashi, and wife of Vichitravirya, the king of Hastinapur.
• Bhanumati is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharat.
She is the wife of Duryodhan.
•
"Bambang Sumitra" is one of the sons of Arjun from his
marriage with Princess Larasati. Bambang Sumitra has 13 other siblings
from different mothers which are; Abimanyu, Bratalaras, Bambang
Irawan, Kumaladewa, Kumalasakti, Wilugangga, Endang Pregiwa, Endang
Pregiwati, Prabakusuma, Wijarnaka, Antakadewa and Bambang Sumbada.
His wife is Princess Asmarawati, daughter of King Suryasmara from
Argakencan Empire. His marriage with Princess Asmarawati did not
have enough attention from Arjun. Hence, Semar took over his wedding
ceremony.
Ambika :
In the epic Mahabharat, Ambika is the daughter of Kashya, the King
of Kashi, and wife of Vichitravirya, the king of Hastinapur. She
was also the mother of Dhritarashtra, aunt of Pandu and grandmother
to the Kauravs.
Bhanumati :
Bhanumati is a character in the Indian epic Mahabharat. She was
daughter of king Chitrangad of Kaling and Queen Chandramudra. She
was the wife of Duryodhan.
According to the Mahabharat, Duryodhan abducted Bhanumati, the maiden
of the fairest complexion, from her swayamvar with the help of his
best friend Karn in the wake of having been rejected by her. Bhanumati's
mother-in-law Gandhari describes her to Krishna in the following
manner posterior to the battle of Kurukshetra.
Behold, that lady of faultless limbs and slender waist, seeing this
terrible carnage, falleth down, overwhelmed with grief. Beholding
this princess, this mother of Lakshman, O thou of mighty arms, my
heart is torn with grief.
— Gandhari
Chandravarma Kamboj :
Chandravarma Kamboj is the first Kamboj king mentioned by name in
the Mahabharat.
He appears to have been an ancient very powerful and renowned (vikhyaat)
ruler of the Kambojs. He finds mention in the Adiparv section of
the epic Mahabharat, where he is stated to be an Asura or a demonic
ruler.
Subala
:
He was father of Shakuni and Gandhari and king of Gandhar.
Sudarma :
She was wife of Subala and mother of Shakuni and Gandhari.
Arshi :
She was wife of Shakuni. She was also known as Arsh. She had 2 sons
named Uluka and Vrikaasur.
Vrikaasur :
Vrikaasur (lit.Vrika means wolf and Asura means Demon, who has power
of wolf and demon) was younger son of Shakuni. Shakuni do the yagna
for a protecter who protect his elder son Uluka. As result of yagna
arshi gave birth to Vrikaasur. Vrikaasur was born with a demon Alambhush
who was born for protecting kauravs and was killed by Ghatotkach
in night war. Vrikaasur was killed on 17th day of war by Nakul and
Alambhush was killed by Ghatotkach in night war.
Alambhush :
He was a demon born from a yagna done by Shakuni for the protection
of the Kauravs. He was eventually killed by Ghatotkach.
Chitrasen :
Chitrasen was a character in indian epic Mahabharat. He taught music
and dance to Arjun. He was a Gandharv king.
As Arjuna's teacher :
Chitrasen was introduced in the epic in the Van Parv, as a teacher
of music by Indra. Indra foresaw that Arjun would have to spend
one year at King Virata's palace as a eunuch, during which time
he would need the knowledge of music and dance. He wanted Arjun
to be trained by the king of the Gandharvs, Chitrasen. Chitrasen
began his classes soon and the two also became good friends.
When Urvashi cursed Arjun to remain a eunuch for life, it was Chitrasen
along with Indra who mediated with her to reduce the tenure of her
curse to a single year. Chitrasen was able to achieve this by narrating
to her the story of the Pandavs and the bravery of Arjun.
Dantavakra :
Dantavakra, was the king of Karush according to the Mahabharat and
the Purans. Dantavakra plays a minor role in the Mahabharat.
He was named Dantavakra because his teeth were crooked.
According to the Padma Puran (VI.274.16-7), he was of Chaidya lineage.
According to the Vishnu Puran (IV.XIV.40), he was son of Vriddhasharman
and Shrutadev, who was Kunti's sister. Vidurath was his brother.
Shishupal was his cousin from maternal side. He and Shishupal were
the third and last birth of Vishnu's gatekeepers Jaya-Vijaya. He
was an ally of Jarasandh, Kamsa, Salva and Paundrak, and an enemy
of Vasudev Krishna.
At MBh 2:30 he is mentioned as the king of the Adhirajas. Pandav
general Sahdev defeated him, making him pay tribute, he then was
re-installed on his throne. He attacks Krishna who was on his way
to Dwaraka after the Rajsuya sacrifice (which Dantavakra had not
attended, to protest the killing of Jarasandh) to avenge Shishupal,
and his friend Salva — and he was killed by Krishna in a mace-duel.
His brother, Vidurath also dies in the same battle.
