Mahabharata
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GLOSSARY

Kichaka : Sudeshna's brother, commander -in chief of Virata's army, who made advances to Sairandhri (Draupadi), was invited to meet her at night at the ladies dancing hall and was met instead by Valala (Bhima) dressed up as a female who killed him (Kichaka),

Kripacharya : Aswathama's uncle who advocated a combined assault on Arjuna in battle as against Karna's boast that he could take him on single-handed. Krishna- Dwaipayana Sage Vyasa.

Krauncha : Curlew-heron. Krauncha-Vyuha: military formation on a pattern supposed to resemble a heron with out stretched beak and spreading wings. In ancient Indian practice, armies were arrayed for battle in formations of definite patterns, each of which had a name-such as Chakra, or
Kurma. or Krauncha, or Makara according to a real or fancied resemblance.

Kritavarma : A notable Yadava warrior fighting on the side of Kaurava forces.

Kshatradharma :A great warrior on the side of Pandavas.

Kuchasthala : A city where Krishna stayed the night on his way to the court of
Dhritarashtra,

Kumbhakarna : Brother of Ravana, King of Lanka, who was asleep most of the time because of the curse of Brahma.

Kundinapura : Capital of Vidarbha.

Kunti : She was the daughter of Sura and was known as Pritha. She was given in adoption to the king's childless cousin Kuntibhoja and was named Kunti after her adoptive father. Sage Durvasa, whom she had served while he was a guest at her father's house, gave her a divine mantra which when repeated would give her a son from any god whom she would call upon. Out of childish curiosity, she invoked the Sun god by repeating the Mantra and then she gave birth to a son. born with divine armour and earrings; ashamed, she placed the child in a sealed box and set it afloat on a river. The box was picked up by a childless charioteer and brought up as his own and became known as Kama. Later, Kunti chose Pandu as her husband at a Swayamvara.

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