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Dhritarashtra (Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र, romanized: Dhr̥tarāṣṭra) was a
ruler of the
ancient Kuru kingdom,
featured as a
central character in the
Hindu epic...
- epic Mahabharata. Usually, the term is used for the 100 sons of King
Dhritarashtra and his wife Gandhari. Duryodhana, Dushasana,
Vikarna and Chitrasena...
- Mahabharata. He was the
eldest of the Kauravas, the
hundred sons of the king
Dhritarashtra and his
queen Gandhari.
Being the first-born son of the king, he was...
- (Mahamantri or Mahatma) to King
Pandu and King
Dhritarashtra. When the
princes grow up,
Dhritarashtra is
about to be
crowned king by
Bhishma when Vidura...
- 'Birth'. He
shows the
birth of
Bhishma and his oath,
birth of Pandu,
Dhritarashtra and
Vidura and
birth of
Pandavas and Kauravas. The
story then focuses...
- Look up
Dhritarashtra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Dhritarashtra (IAST: Dhṛtarāṣṭra; Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र) may
refer to:
Dhritarashtra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)...
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Yuyutsu (Sanskrit: युयुत्सु) in the
Hindu epic
Mahabharata was a son of
Dhritarashtra with a maid of his wife, Gandhari. He was the
paternal half - sibling...
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daughter of King Subala, the
ruler of Gandhara, and
becomes the wife of
Dhritarashtra, the
blind king of Kuru Kingdom. Her
brother was the
notorious permanent...
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appearance and
power frightened her. As a
result she gave
birth to the
blind Dhritarashtra.
Later her
sister Ambalika followed the same
process with Vyasa, and...
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Gandhari enters the
scene and
counsels Dhritarashtra to undo her sons' misdeeds.
Fearing the ill-omens,
Dhritarashtra intervenes and
grants Draupadi a boon...
