Mahabharata |
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Books By Rajaji |
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GLOSSARY |
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Devendra :
King of the Gods.
Dharma : Righteous course of conduct.
Dharmagranthi : Assumed named of Nakula at Virata's court.
Dharmananda :The delighted of Dharma-a name of Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma or Yama.
Dharmavyadha : He possessed the secret of good life and lived in the city of
Mithila; he was a meat-seller.
Dhananjaya : One of the names of Arjuna.
Dhanusaksha : A great sage whom Medhavi, son of sage Baladhi, once insulted. He took
the form of a bull and butted at that mountain and broke it to pieces; then Medhavi fell
down dead.
Dhaumya : Preceptor of the Pandavas, who accompanied them during their exile to the
Kurijangala forest, singing Sama hymns addressed to Yama, Lord of Death.
Dhrishtadyumna : Supreme commander of the Pandava forces eldest brother of Draupadi.
Dhrishtaketu : A kinsman of the Pandavas.
Dhritarashtra : Elder son of Vichitravirya and Ambika, born blind, father of
Duryodhana.
Dharmaputra : The son of Yama-epithet of Yudhishthira.
Dhartarashtras : Sons of Dhritarashtra
Draupadi: Daughter of King Drupada, King of Panchala, who married all the five
Pandavas though Arjuna bad won her in the Swayamvara, because of the vow that they
would share everything in common. Drona Son of a Brahmana named Bharad- waja; married a
sister of Kripa and a son Aswathama was born to them; learnt military art from Parasurama,
the maser; later he became the instruct to of the Kaurava and Pandava princes in the use
of arms. |
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