Mahabharata
Major Sections
Books By Rajaji

GLOSSARY

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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