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Mahabharata

Mahabharata is a Hindu sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families.

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Mahabharata is the rise and the fall of a great empire the part one of the game of dice took place where Bharat was to nominate his successor but he was disappointed in himself because he wanted to nominate his sons but his sons could not be the successor. When Bharat died Santanu became the king of Hastinapur and he got married to Ganga the story took place in Indralok where Ganga and Santanu got cursed by the father of Ganga so Ganga made the promise to the king to never questioned her for drowning her sons but he failed when it came down to the 8th child which she named Devarata and when Devarata and his father were going out for hunting the father got carried away from hunting which he met Satyavati which he wanted to marry and her father prevented because of her horoscope which her sons wanted to rule Hastinapur so Devarata went and he cursed himself after vowing that he will never marry and or have children. So he Honored his father's wishes. Which I understood very cleary, But Amba wanted to marry Devarta which was known as Bhishma, when his teacher wanted him to marry Amba, but he was defeated and Amba was furious so she got reborn to the king of Draupad and again she got reborn to manhood which will be the cause to destroy Bhishma. Then 3 children were born then Bhishma took them to get educated then he came back with them the older one was Dhritarashtra, and the Middle one was Pandu and the last son was Vidura Then Bhishma wanted the older brother Dhritarashtra to be the king so Vidur interfered with his ethics and made Pandu the King and Bhishma went to get Dhritarashtra to get married to Gandhari, Gandhari's evil brother wanted his sister to get married to Pandu instead she got married to Dhritarashtra and she had 100 sons which were the Kauravas and Pandu got married to Prtiha and Madri pritha was known as Kunti and Kunti and madri has 5 sons 1,2,3, sons were Kunti's and 4 & 5 were Madri's sons and kunti also had another son before she got married to Pandu and she did not want to face the reality so she took her son and she said to her son once you come again please forgive her. Her son also got dragged into the darkness and his name was Karna So she had 6 sons but in reailty she had 5. Part one: The game of dice ended their itself. Then it started another part 2: The 2nd game of dice started it was named Growing Rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas and now Bhishma was an old man who takes the responsibilty of rasing the the Pandu's sons and Dhritarashtra's sons. And the cousins was fighting constantly and trying to kill each other. To make this short The wax of house was a conspriacy to burn Pandavas, which pandavas lived and they made strength from Panchal to Virat and Arjuna was married to Draupadi and she will bring destruction to the Karuravas. So Krishna told Arjuna to get married and then he got a son and his son got married and pandavas and the karuravas did not make peace while Krishna was the peace messagener and before the war started Krishna was talking to Karna that said I will take you to your brother's camp and you can rule the world and you will be the king of Indraprastha but he refused so when kunti heard what Krishna wanted to say Kunti said the same thing but he also refused, they went to war and Kauravas lost and pandavas won under Krishna before the war began Krishna went in the middle of the battlefield and he recites the Bhagavad Gita to Arjun then after that he shows his real identity then the war started Every Kauravas were dead then Krishna and his brother Balrama were god they also were cursed by Gandhari when her sons died you could have stopped the war but you did not so I curse you like my dynasty your dynasty will be destroyed so when Krishna was meditating under a tree a hunter came and one arrow shot Krishna and the pandavas learned how Krishna died The pandavas retired to the forest and one by one they all died and then the son or arjun which was the grandson his name was Parkshit ruled and that was the end of Mahabharata

Who were the main characters of hundred questions by Mahabharata and their rules?

The Five Pandava Brothers.

*Yudhistira

*Bhima

*Arjuna

*NakuLa

*Sahadeva

Who is called Pitamah in Mahabharata?

Shantanu and Ganga's son Devavrata is called Bhishma Pitamem, He is also known as Ganga putr. Devarata took an oath keep not to marry in his whole life then his father Shantanu gave him the name of bhishma, later generation called him pitameh mean grandfather or gather of grandfather.

What does a slash of red paint mean on the forehead on a Hindu man?

That's called the Maniefestation of Divine.. also it represents the Third Eye of Lord Shiva.

What are the famous bows in Mahabharata?

Arjun's bow - Gandeev

Karna's bow - Vijay

What happened after shakuni defeated yudhisthr in a game of dice and the pandavas?

  1. The Pandavas were sent on an exile away from their kingdom
  2. The Pandavas suffered many hardships during the exile
  3. When they returned back to the kingdom, the Kauravas refused to share the power with them
  4. A War broke out between the Pandavas and the Kauravas
  5. Pandavas led by Arjuna and Krishna defeated the Kauravas headed by Duryodhana and Karna

Is karna the greatest warrior of Mahabharata?

After being refused by Dronacharya, Karna sought his brother Shona's help. But according to Indian culture, to learn an art you must have a guru (teacher), so Karna appointed the sun god as his guru, learned to wield his weapons during the day by gathering information about the various ayudhas (weapons) and practiced with them after sundown.

But, Karna wanted to learn all the advanced skills of archery including the use of divine weapons. After being refused by Dronacharya, Karna decided to learn from Parashurama, Dronacharya's own guru, who was known to teach only Brahmins. He appeared before Parashurama as a Brahmin and requested that he be taken on as his student. Parashurama accepted him and trained him to such a point that he declared Karna to be equal to himself in the art of warfare and archery.

What is the basic plot of the Mahabharata?

Rishi Krishna-Dwaipayana, better known a Ved Vyaas, wrote the Mahabharata. Originally known as Jaya, the Mahabharata is a recounting of the life and times of the sage Ved Vyaas, his ancestors and his grandsones ( The Kuru's and the Pandavas) who finally fought the great Kurukshetra war. The basic plot revolves around the blinding love of a father for his son, the virtue of Men, beauty and behaviour of women, the politics of the time, Dharma and Faith, and the tradegy of war. It is the story of Dhritirashtra whose all consuming love of his son Duryodhana, blinds him to the faults and misdeeds perpetuated by him and his son. The principal characters are the Pandavas ( sons of Pandu, younger brother of Dhritirashtra) and the kauravas ( sons of dhritirashtra) Krishna (the Avattar of the Vishnu) and several other strogly written characters. It is often said that if it does not exist in the Mahabharata, a situation, an act, a drama cannot exist at all.

What are the eight forms of goddess laxmi?

लक्ष्मी के आठ स्वरूप क्या है धन की देवी लक्ष्मी जी हैं। धन के विना संसार का कोई सुख सम्भव नहीं। कहा जाता कि, वैसे तो संसार में अनेक प्रकार के दुःख हैं। लेकिन, दारिद्र्य दुःख से बढ़कर कोई बड़ा दुःख नहीं है। दारिद्र्य निवारण के लिए लक्ष्मी के आठ स्वरुप की पूजा अर्चना फलदायी सिद्ध होता है।

Translates:


Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth Laxmi nature are eight. The world is not possible without money or happiness. That said, many of the things of the world are suffering. However, poverty is no greater pain than the pain. Eight nature worship Lakshmi for poverty prevention would be worth.

Who was the parents of ekalavya of Mahabharata time?

Ekalavya's father's name was -Hiranyadhanu. He was the king/leader of the Nshadhas

Why did Krishna support the Pandavas and not the Kauravas considering both parties were responsible for the War?

Because Pandas were on the side of Dhrama and Kauravas were on the side of Adharma . It ws between Good Vs Evil

Which thing you might recall from previous lesson about the Mahabharata and bhagavad of ancient India have in common?

Actually Bhagwat Geeta is a small part of Mahabharata. In Mahabharata when the war is about to begin arjuna leaves the weapons and krishna talks him out of it, this is Bhagwat Geeta.

3 surviving kauravas in Hindu mythology?

As per the Hindu epic Mahabharat, neither of The Kauravas, the hundred sons of King Dhritrashtra and Queen Gandhari, survived in the Mahabharat war. However, three prominent warriors from the Kaurav army survived even after Duryodhan's demise, namely Ashwathama, Dronacharya's son, Kripacharya, the chief priest of the ruling dynasty at Hastinaspur, and Kritvarma, who was basically from Krishna's army (Krishna had given a choice to Duryodhan to choose between himself unarmed or his entire army, saying that the one out of the two he chose wouldd go to him, while the other would go to the Pandavas, Duryodhan chose the army headed by Kritvarma, so Krishna unarmed join the Pandavas as Arjun's chariteer).

Real name for beeshmar in Mahabharata?

It is : Gangadattan (meaning: bestowed by Ganges)

Real name is Devavrata

How many gods do Hindus worship?

23300000 precisely what we learned in school ... But they have some main God and Godesses which they worship often. It also depends on region person etc..

Well, that is an exaggeration. Vedas mention Aryan 33 Gods. We had a few more prior to the coming of Aryans to India, Shiva, Rama, Krishna, and Mother Goddess Durga are such Gods and Goddesses. This does not include the Gods and Goddesses of villages. Wikipedia tries to count but in the end says that all cannot to listed. A person will worship a God or Goddess according to his/her inclination. That is perfectly admissible in hinduism.