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Shishupala (Sanskrit: शिशुपाल, lit. 'protector of children', IAST: Śiśupāla;
sometimes spelt Sisupala) was the king of the
Chedi kingdom, and an antagonist...
- The
Shishupala Vadha (Sanskrit: शिशुपालवध, IAST: Śiśupāla-vadha, lit. "the
slaying of
Shishupala") is a work of
classical Sanskrit poetry (kāvya) composed...
- Sanskrit.
According to the Mahabharata, the
Chedi kingdom was
ruled by
Shishupala, an ally of
Jarasandha of
Magadha and
Duryodhana of Kuru. He was a rival...
- last
birth of Vishnu's gatekeeper, Vijaya,
while his
brother Jaya is
Shishupala.
According to the
Padma Purana (VI.274.16-7), he is of
Chaidya lineage...
- the
Satya Yuga,
Ravana and
Kumbhakarna in the
Treta Yuga, and
finally Shishupala and
Dantavakra in the
Dvapara Yuga.
According to the
Brahmanda Purana...
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defiant king
Shishupala. He is
thought to have been
inspired by, and is
often compared with, Bharavi. Māgha's fame
rests entirely on the
Shishupala Vadha. Vallabhadeva...
- came to be
known as the Kauravas.
Dhrishtaketu was the son of
Chedi king
Shishupala, who was a
cousin of Krishna.
Dhrishtaketu became the king of
Chedi after...
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placed to the
south of Chedi.
Karusha king
Dantavakra supported Chedi king
Shishupala and was
killed by
Vasudeva Krishna.
Karusha Kingdom is
identified as modern...
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Jayanti Magha (poet) (māgha, माघ), an 8th-century
Sanskrit poet, who
wrote Shishupala-vadha
Magha (nakshatra) (maghā, मघा), a
nakshatra (star or
division of...
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Treta Yuga. The
curse of the
third birth was
fulfilled by
Dantavakra and
Shishupala in the
Dvapara Yuga, when they both were
slain by Krishna, the eighth...
