- The
Khandava Forest or
Khandava Vana (Sanskrit: खाण्डव वन, IAST:
Khāṇḍava Vana) or
Khandavaprastha (Sanskrit: खाण्डवप्रस्थ; IAST: Khāṇḍavaprastha) is...
- "one of the
strangest scenes of the epic", this
being the
burning of the
Khandava Forest. This
story within a
story has been
interpreted in
various ways...
- (1-225,227,230). Takshaka,
formerly dwelt in
Kurukshetra and the
forest of
Khandava (modern-day Delhi) (1,3).
Takshaka and
Ashvasena were
constant companions...
-
forest of
Khandava protected by
Indra for the sake of Takshaka, the
chief of the Nagas.
Aided by
Krishna and Arjuna, Agni
consumes the
Khandava Forest....
-
Section XLIII". "The
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa: Adi parva.
Khandava-daha Parva". The
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa: Adi parva. Sabha...
- Sarasvatī to the
Khāṇḍava forest proper Kuru
territory consisted of the
region around Hāstīnapura Kuru-kṣetra was
located between the
Khāṇḍava forest in the...
-
describing the
terror and
suffering of
animals dying in the
burning of the
Khandava Forest.
Agnus Dei is
followed by "Now the Guns have Stopped",
written by...
- the Ramayana. He is
described to
fought Arjuna and
Krishna in
burning of
Khandava Forest episode in the epic Mahabharata. The
Bhagavata Purana also mentions...
- six
Mantramukta weapons that
cannot be resisted.
After the
battle at the
Khandava forest,
Indra had
promised Arjuna to give him all his weapons, as a boon...
- The
mythical city is
sometimes also
referred to as
Khandavaprastha or
Khandava Forest, the
epithet of a
forested region situated on the
banks of Yamuna...
