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Kaurava is a
Sanskrit term
which refers to
descendants of Kuru, a
legendary king of
India who is the
ancestor of many of the
characters of the epic Mahabharata...
- Mahabharata,
arising from a
dynastic struggle between two
groups of cousins, the
Kauravas and the Pandavas, for the
throne of Hastinapura. The war is used as the...
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ruled by
their cousins, the
Kauravas. However, the
Pandavas lost
their kingdom to
Duryodhana (eldest and king of the
Kauravas) when
Yudhishtira gambled...
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bestowed upon him
superhuman strength from birth. His
rivalry with the
Kauravas,
especially Duryodhana,
defined much of his life, with this
tension ultimately...
- the
Pandavas had been
exiled for
thirteen years by
their cousins, the
Kauravas.
After his father's return, his
marriage was
arranged with Uttarā, the...
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Kurukshetra War, a war of
succession between two
groups of
princely cousins, the
Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas. It also
contains philosophical and
devotional material...
- Vyasa. At its
heart lies the epic
struggle between the
Pandavas and the
Kauravas. The
central characters include the five
Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira...
- husband's blindness. Together, they had one
hundred sons,
known as the
Kauravas, and a daughter, Dushala.
Throughout his reign,
Dhritarashtra struggled...
- was a
council member of Kuru
Kingdom and a
teacher of the
Pandava and
Kaurava princes. Born to warrior-sage
Sharadvan and
apsara Janapadi in an extraordinary...
- Mahabharata. He was
married to Dushala, the only
sister of the
hundred Kaurava brothers. The son of the king Vriddhakshatra, he is
killed by Arjuna. He...
