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Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) was a
Hindu practice,
primarily followed during the
ancient period. It was
permitted for the
widows or
wives who had no child...
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through Niyoga between the sage
Vyasa and Parishrami, a
handmaiden to the
queens Ambika and Ambalika.
Ambika first mated with
Vyasa through the
niyoga process...
- Vyasa, to
father the
children of the two
widows of
Vichitravirya through niyoga. The children,
Dhritarashtra and Pandu,
became the
fathers of the Kauravas...
- Mahabharata, Dhritarashtra’s
birth was the
result of the
ancient practice of
Niyoga.
After Vichitravirya died childless, his half-brother
Vyasa fathered children...
- the
widowed queens of Vichitravirya,
according to the
prevalent custom of
niyoga.
Vyasa had come from
years of
intense meditation and as a result, he looked...
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invited her son
Vyasa to
impregnate the
queens Ambika and
Ambalika under the
Niyoga practice. When
Vyasa approached Ambalika, she was
frightened by his scary...
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various gods on
behalf of this Kuru king whom Vyāsa
himself fathered 'under
Niyoga practice' in
place of an
elder brother who died heirless, at the behest...
- Like his
brother Chitrangada, he dies childless. Subsequently,
through a
niyoga relationship with his half-brother sage Vyasa, his
wives and a maid give...
- the
widowed queens of
Vichitravirya according to the
prevalent custom of
Niyoga.
Vyasa had come from
years of
intense meditation, and as a result, looked...
- had
intercourse with his queen, so he
obtained a son from
Vashishtha by
niyoga, an
ancient tradition whereby a
husband can
nominate another man to impregnate...
