- romanized: bhīṣma, lit. 'mighty'), also
known as Pitamaha, Gangaputra, and
Devavrata, was a prince,
statesman and
commander of
ancient Indian Kuru kingdom...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Indian epic Mahabharata:
Bhishma Pratigya/Pratigna, the vow by
which Devavrata became known as Bhishma, a
central character of the epic
Bhishma Pratigna...
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Ganga presenting her son
Devavrata (the ****ure Bhishma) to his father, Shantanu...
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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...
- 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...
