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- (Sanskrit: भीष्म, romanized: bhīṣma), also known as Pitamaha, Gangaputra, and Devavrata, is a central figure in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was a prince, statesman...
- having thus appeared revealed to him that the boy was actually his son Devavrata and that he was taught the knowledge of the holy scriptures by the sage...
- since he had already appointed his son, Devavrata, who was mothered by Goddess Ganga, as heir apparent. Devavrata was distressed by his father's condition;...
- dilemma, Devavrata agrees to relinquish his right to the throne. As the fisherman is not sure about the prince's children honoring the promise, Devavrata also...
- of Hastinapura. Shantanu later married Ganga and became the father of Devavrata, better known as Bhishma. J.A.B. van Buitenen, Mahabharata Book 1, Chicago...
- remain loyal to the king, who would be a descendant of Satyavati. Thus, Devavrata got the name Bhishma, which means someone who has taken a terrible oath...
- was the king of Vidarbha and the father of Damayanti. Originally named 'Devavrata', he was the eighth son of the Kuru King Shantanu and the river goddess...
- instructs Dhrishtadyumna to dispose of the troops in the array of Makara. Devavrata, beholding Pandava army thus arra****, disposes of his army, in counter-array...
- Ganga presenting her son Devavrata (the ****ure Bhishma) to his father, Shantanu...
- Indian epic Mahabharata: Bhishma Pratigya/Pratigna, the vow by which Devavrata became known as Bhishma, a central character of the epic Bhishma Pratigna...