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 | | Draupadi took a vow that she would not oil or tie her hair until the Kaurava Dushyaasan was killed. | | | Draupadi was married to the five brothers (Pandavas) at the same time. | | | Because of evil omens that started to manifest, the old king Dhritrashtra tried to appease Draupadi by asking her to ask for any boons of her choice. |
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| | Draupadi, the Woman : Epitome of Feminity and Feminism |
| | Draupadi springs from the fire full grown, in the bloom of her youth, from the yajna vedi - the holy pyre - not requiring a human womb, ignoring the absence of Drupad's queen who was unable to respond to the priest's summons because her toilet was incomplete. | | | Draupadi was the daughter of Drupad, the king of Panchala, and the wife and queen of the five great Pandavas, renowned alike for her loveliness and her granite will. | | | When Draupadi emerged from the fire there was an oracle that she would side with God against the evil Kauravas. |
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| | Was Draupadi Disrobed in the Dice Hall of Hastinaputra? by Satya Chaitanya |
| | The verses dealing with this specifically mention that Draupadi was menstruating at that time, that she was in a single cloth, that she was dragged into the assembly. | | | Draupadi who comes and greets Krishna after the others have received him says his coming like this should not surprise anyone — he has come to them like this earlier too. | | | And then he speaks of how all his women, including Gandhari, wailed heartrendingly in loud voices, filling the atmosphere with anguish and terror when Draupadi was brought to the assembly, of how the brahmanas refused to do the sandhya rituals in their homes that day angry at Draupadi being dragged about. |
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| | Mythological tales Draupadi |
| | At the time of her birth, a celestial voice had proclaimed: " This unparalleled beauty has taken birth to uproot the Kauravas and established the rule of religion." Because of Shiva's boon in the previous birth, Draupadi got 5 husbands. | | | The reason behind the destruction of Kauravas in the Mahabharat battle is attributed to Draupadi. | | | When Dhritarashtra asked her to ask for more boons, she replied that her husbands were strong and capable to win, what they wanted they would do the rest themselves. |
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| | Hindunet: The Hindu Universe: Draupadi: A role model for modern women |
| | Draupadi has more than 250 temples in the South of India where she is worshipped as a goddess. | | | Draupadi was born out of the Vedi of a Yajna; from the sacred fire. | | | Draupadi then goes on to say how she stays away from jealousy, and does not do things merely to impress and so on. |
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| | PRASHANTI VAHINI - DIVINE DISCOURSE 9 JULY, 1996 |
| | Draupadi then told Krishna that there was nothing left and that they were in a predicament as to how to feed the thousands of disciples of Durvasa. | | | Draupadi then spoke out the truth "Grandfather, you very well know that my husbands are the very embodiments of Dharma and you are teaching them the same truths which they have already practiced. | | | Meanwhile the sage and his disciples went to the river for the ritual bath before food. |
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| | Arjuna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Later, at the behest of Indra, Urvashi modified her curse to last only one year, and Arjuna could choose any one year of his life during which to suffer the life of a eunuch. | | | Arjuna is further provoked when Karna insults Arjuna and the other Pandava's wife Draupadi and murders Arjuna's son Abhimanyu in battle. | | | An important point of this agreement was that no brother would disturb the couple when another brother was alone with Draupadi; the penalty for doing so was exile for a year. |
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| | God's Love for His Devotees is Limitless - Summer Course May 19, 2000 |
| | Through this chant, Draupadi proclaimed her belief that Krishna was immanent in all the elements, and was in fact the embodiment of all these This was the Profound way in which both Dharmaraja and Draupadi meditated on Krishna. | | | Draupadi raised her hand and asked him not to kill him. | | | Draupadi was frightened by the approaching coils of hair. |
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| | In 1989, to the regret of the devotees in Texas, Rupa and Draupadi accepted an invitation to cook for and worship Sri Sri Radha-Brajabihari in ISKCON Miami. | | | He was survived by his wife, son and daughter: Mother Draupadi, Sri Rama and Vrindavaneswari. | | | Rupa's grandmother angrily told Draupadi, "Let him just stay there and not give us any more trouble." Draupadi stayed away from the temple, but soon Rupa sent a message inviting her to visit. |
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| | Two Great Queens |
| | Draupadi was born of a holy fire, when her father Drupada performed a Yajna (Sacrifice). | | | Draupadi's faith in Krishna never wavered even though she went through very difficult times. | | | Yet she spared the latter's life because he was the son of the Pandava's guru. |
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| | INDOlink Kidz Korner : Mahabharata - Part 6 |
| | Draupadi was very pleased to hear of the boon and took the bowl to her kitchen with great reverence. | | | Draupadi looked around but there was no one who could rescue her. | | | The Pandavas returned to Indraprastha for the last time to make arrangements for their mother to stay with their uncle, Vidur and Subhadra, Arjuna's wife, with her brother, Krishna, along with the children. |
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| | Draupadi the Godess and Bhishma's Reminicences by Pradip Bhattacharya |
| | At the spot where Draupadi disappeared after killing the demon, the Gingee temple was built with a figure of Pottu Raja before it holding the demon’s head. | | | Another fascinating instance of local myth-making is the second birth of Draupadi invoked by King Cunitan (Sunitha), a descendant of the Pandavas, to save the kingdom from the hundred-headed demon Rochakan/Acalamman. | | | Unaccountably, he does not mention Draupadi’s superb winning back of her husbands’ freedom and the excruciatingly humiliating experience of Duryodhana in seeking to provoke the Pandavas in the ghosh-yatra episode. |
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| | Pasumarthy Venkateswara Sarma, Indian Classical Dancer |
| | According to Bheema's plan, Draupadi goes to Keechaka and asks him to come to Narthanasala that night and tells him that she would fulfill his desire. | | | It was Bheema who took the place of Draupadi, dressed in a saree and was waiting for Keechaka at Nartanasala. | | | Meanwhile Keechaka who comes to meet his sister will see Draupadi and gets dumbstruck by her astounding beauty. |
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| | Udappu's Draupadi Goddess Festival |
| | For this attempt to dishonour her, Draupadi vowed vengeance upon Duryodhana; the ensuing feud culminated in a fierce battle lasting 18 days. | | | Of the many customs and rituals that preserve the traditional culture of Udappuwa, perhaps the most important is the Draupadi Goddess Great Festival, which takes place in July and August (the fifth day of the festival falling on the new moon). | | | Following the battle, the victorious Pandava brothers and Draupadi—now reunited to live in perpetual bliss—crossed a fire to expiate the sins committed during the fight. |
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| | The Hindu : Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Drama : Inspired by Draupadi |
| | Draupadi is a very strong character, her character was not given due importance in Sanskrit dramas. | | | Drupadi decides to meet him and remind Bhima of her vow and the killing of Duryodhana and Dushasena. | | | Her anguish is accentuated when she learns that Krishna is trying to negotiate a compromise between the cousins. |
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| | Sports and Games in Ancient India - Crystalinks |
| | The evil Dushasana tires himself out trying to tear away Draupadi's clothes but he is powerless against the divine strength of Lord Srikrishna. | | | In distress, Draupadi invokes Lord Srikrishna to come to her rescue. | | | And in answer to her prayers the lord appears and in a miracle sends a continuous stream of apparel to clothe Draupadi's body. |
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| | Draupadi offered a grain of rice to Krishna with devotion and Krishna, in return, appeased the hunger of thousands of Duruvasa’s disciples when they came to her as guests. | | | One day, when he went to Indraprastha, Arjuna had gone hunting and Draupadi was drying her hair after her bath. | | | Seeing blood on his finger, Sathyabhama, in her characteristic pride, ordered the Gopis to go inside the house to fetch some cloth to bandage the finger. |
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| | MAHABHARATA - Draupadi disrobing & Bhima's vow |
| | I shall I grant you any boon you want." Draupadi asked for the release of her husband form the bondage of slavery. | | | Raging with anger, Draupadi appealed the assembly to raise their voice against such gross injustice. | | | He told Draupadi, "A terrible injustice has been done to you by my evil minded sons. |
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| | The First Vishnupathi of the Vikrama Year - May/14/2ØØØ -- AUMzine Issue 12 |
| | Sri Draupadi, overjoyed at humanity having been granted this worship procedure, thanked the Lord profusely for His kindness and with tears flowing from eyes, sang His praises to her heart's content. | | | The time period when Sri Draupadi worshipped Lord Sri Sundara Varada with Saughandika flowers was the first Vishnupathi period of the Vikrama year in a different era. | | | He said that this pooja procedure just now completed by Sri Draupadi and Bhima would be a potent cure for the many problems that arise in married life. |
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| | Akshaya Tritiya and Chandan yatra |
| | When Dussasana went to fetch the chaste Draupadi, she said she couldn't come to the assembly as she was undergoing her monthly period, and was only dressed in one piece of cloth (a simple 'sari'). | | | Once Draupadi had finished cooking and had just taken her meal when the Muni Durvasas arrived with many of his disciples. | | | Lord Sri Krsna then told Draupadi that if there was a morsel of food left He would be satisfied if that were offered by Draupadi, His pure devotee with love to Him. |
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| | Draupadi Dishonored - Indian Mythology |
| | In a voice faint with grief and anger, Draupadi said, "In the assembly, there are great warriors, equal in prowess unto Indra the lord of the celestials. | | | Pratikamin went back to Draupadi and said, "O princess, the King has asked you to come and ask this question to Yudhishtra in person, in the full assembly. | | | The wicked Dushasana forcibly seized the robe of Draupadi and began to drag it off her person. |
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| | Mahabharata 4: The Game of Dice |
| | There was Draupadi, clothed in the lawfulness of her rage. | | | But when Pratikami went to fetch her, Draupadi refused to come. | | | Again, a shocked silence fell, and all the worlds shook with Bhima’s second vow. |
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| | Draupadi was a damsel of dark complexion but of great beauty, "as radiant and graceful as if she had descended from the city of the gods." | | | She called vehemently upon her husbands to save her, but they were he was prevented from action; but he vowed in loud words that he would drink the blood of Duhsasana and smash the thigh of Duryodhana in retaliation of these outrages, which vows he eventually fulfilled. | | | In the thirteenth year, in which her husbands and she were to live undiscovered, they entered the service of the king of Virata, and she, without acknowledging any connection with them, became a waiting-maid to the queen. |
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| | The Trip to Heaven: Translation of A Short story By Sunil Gangopadhyay [Parabaas Translation] |
| | Would Draupadi, for whom he and his four brothers had endured so many hardships, now be the playmate of the dastardly Duryodhan! | | | Karna was saying, "The land of the Gods is honored today to have you, the radiant Draupadi. | | | When Vyasdev had asked the five brothers to have clear rules for sharing Draupadi so that there would be no disputes: one day for each brother, while the others would stay away - Yudhishthir had picked Sunday for himself. |
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| | INDOlink Kidz-Korner -Mahabharata |
| | Upon their arrival, a grand welcome was accorded to the princes whom people believed to have died in the fair. | | | After the swayambara, Dhrishtadyumna, Draupadi's brother, stealthily followed the five Brahmin brothers and found out their identities. | | | They already had heard of the heavenly beauty of Draupadi, the daughter of king Drupad. |
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| | Ways of the Divine |
| | One day Dharmaraja and Draupadi chanced to come near the tree. | | | Krishna went towards Romarishi's ashram and instructed them to follow him after sometime. | | | What can I do for you?" Krishna engaged him in discussing certain spiritual matters till the Pandavas arrived. |
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| | Bg 1:16-19 |
| | Translation: "King Yudhisthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conchshell, the Anantavijaya, and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughosa and Manipuspaka. | | | That great archer the King of Kasi, the great fighter Sikhandi, Dhrstadyumna, Virata and the unconquerable Satyaki, Drupada, the sons of Draupadi, and the others, O King, such as the son of Subhadra, greatly armed, all blew their respective conchshells." | | | One may not misunderstand, therefore particularly mentioned kunti-putra, this raja is Kunti's son, kunti-putra. |
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| | Not one to be scared by what she said, Keechaka influenced his sister into accepting a plan to ensnare Draupadi. | | | At the appointed hour, bedecked and scented, he went to the dancing hall and, in the misty moonlight, saw Draupadi waiting for him on a couch. | | | I am unable to hold myself against your charm any longer! |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Draupadi-harana Parva: Section CCLXI |
| | Vaisampayana continued, "The great and sovereign God, and Lord of the earth, of mysterious movements, the lord Kesava who is ever kind to the dependents, thou adored by Krishna, and perceiving her difficulty, instantly repaired to that place leaving the bed of Rukmini who was sleeping by his side. | | | Beholding Vasudeva, Draupadi bowed down to him in great joy and informed him of the arrival of the Munis and every other thing. | | | And having heard everything Krishna said unto her, 'I am very much afflicted with hunger, do thou give me some food without delay, and then thou mayst go about thy work.' At these words of Kesava, Krishna became confused, and replied unto him, saying, 'The sun-given vessel remains full till I finish my meal. |
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| | Draupadi - Wife of the Pandavas - Indian Mythology |
| | Draupadi - Wife of the Pandavas - Indian Mythology | | | Then fulfilling a promise made to their mother (which obliged them to share everything equally), all the five Pandavas married Draupadi. | | | Draupadi was the daughter of the Panchala King Drupada and is also called Panchali. |
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| | Draupadi directly confronting Senanayak says to him on page 196, "the object of your search...What more can you do?" In essence, she is telling Senanayak that his methods of torture will not work. | | | When the soldiers hand her a pot of water, rather than satisfy her thirst, she chooses to pour it on the ground. | | | Draupadi says on page 196, "there isn't a man here that I should be ashamed." She does not allow this man to intimidate her. |
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| | Her legend is part of the classic story of the struggle within the royal house of Kurus, in which the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra--the Kauravas--and the five sons of Pandu--the Pandavas--battle continually for control of the Kingdom. | | | It depicts a classical Sanskrit story of a princess who was married to five brothers, and of their constant wars. | | | The title is the name of oneof the heroines of the great Hindu epic, "The Mahabarata." Draupadi, a princess of unequaled beauty, was won in a contest by the heroic archer Arjuna and shared by the five sons of Pandu on the orders of their mother, Kunthi. |
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| | Bhagavad Gita Art Gallery--Plate 6: The insulting of Draupadi.. |
| | Krsna is becoming Draupadi's infinite robe to save her from being seen naked by the assembly. | | | Bhagavad-gita 1.33-35 Draupadi, the wife of the Pandava brothers (Arjuna, Maharaja Yudhisthira, Bhima, Sahadeva and Nakula), is being disrobed by Duryodhana and Duhsasana, two sons of Dhrtarastra, after being lost to them in a gambling match. | | | Because of this incident and other offenses to the Pandavas, Krsna wanted the battle to take place and the miscreants to be killed. |
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| | It was customary to hold a swayamwara in which the bride-to-be could choose a husband from the gathering of kings and princes. | | | Indian Mythology - Draupadi II - Swayamwara - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/9380/91533 | | | Krishna was not only a family friend, but Draupadi looked upon him as her guide and shared her innermost thoughts with him. |
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| | INDIA & THE DRAUPADI STRATEGY |
| | It must not be forgotten that Draupadi was a boon obtained via Yagna by Drupad, who sought the destruction of the Pandavas and Kauravas as a revenge for their humiliation of him on behalf of their Guru Drona. | | | One for its humiliation by the western powers in the nineteenth century when the British forcibly sold opium from India to China and most western nations captured coastal enclaves where they ruled and the Chinese were coolies just like the British, French and Portuguese did in India. | | | The five factions that India has to appease and manipulate are the Middle Eastern Muslim states, Israel, Russia, China and America. |
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| | University of Houston - Collegium |
| | I can see a conversation emerging between Draupadi and her brother, who is very close to her, about the meaning of honor and maybe the downside of it. | | | In the original, she doesn’t seem to mind. | | | This chapter also needed some quotations from sacred texts, as this too would have been part of the prince’s education. |
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| | The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims, Vol. I - CHAPTER II. |
| | And the Pandavas again paid their respects to their uncle the Maharaja, and were then conducted to the pavilion where the play was to be; and Duryodhana went with them, together with all his brethren, and all the chieftains of the royal house. | | | And who is such a senseless fool as to gamble away his own wife?" The servant said:--"Raja Yudhishthira has lost himself, and his four brothers, and you also, to Raja Duryodhana, and you cannot make any objection: Arise, therefore, and go to the house of the Raja!" | | | Go you and bring Draupadi hither, that if she has aught to say, she may say it in the presence of us all." And the man essayed to go, but he beheld the wrathful countenance of Bhima and he was sore afraid, and he refused to go, and remained where he was. |
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| | Which sea did the river Godavari join?… And many more questions. | | | In the night I shall tell you the story of Draupadi." | | | After a few slokas in praise of the Lord, there was one, which began with the names of the sacred rivers of the land – the Ganga, the Godavari, the Brahmaputra, the Gomati and the Saraswati. |
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| | 'Draupadi' in tinsel town? : HTTabloid.com |
| | They were accompanied by their common wife Draupadi and that is how the custom of polyandry took root in the ancient Tibetan kingdom. | | | According to a legend in the freezing, mountainous region of northern Nepal, the five Pandava brothers, the heroes of the Indian epic Mahabharat, had passed through Tibet on their way to climbing up to heaven. |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Draupadi-Satyabhama Samvada: Section CCXXXI |
| | And the slender-waisted Satyabhama, the favourite wife of Krishna and the daughter of Satrajit, then asked Draupadi in private, saying, 'By what behaviour is it, O daughter of Drupada, that thou art able to rule the sons of Pandu--those heroes endued with strength and beauty and like unto the Lokapalas themselves? | | | And with hearts full of joy the two ladies laughed merrily and seated themselves at their ease. | | | Vaisampayana said, "After those Brahmanas and the illustrious sons of Pandu had taken their seats, Draupadi and Satyabhama entered the hermitage. |
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| | In the series on India Empowered in the Indian Express, Fali S Nariman writes on an ideal situation where women are empowered and equal - in the eyes of the law and society… He quotes this poem written by Kartikeya Sarabhai after after seeing the Mahabharata at Avignon. | | | A Time To Reflect » Blog Archive » Empowering Draupadi and Sita? | | | Uma, Draupadi’s story as such makes me angry. |
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| | Draupadi and Kunti with the Pandavas |
| | Draupadi's brother eavesdrops on their nighttime conversation to ascertain the identity of the ascetics. | | | We see Draupadi, the Pandavas, and their mother, Kunti, eating a meal; then their figures are repeated as they lie down to sleep. | | | This painting from a manuscript of the Mahabharata epic illustrates an early episode in which the five Pandava brothers, disguised as Brahmin ascetics, have won an archery contest by which they secure the lovely Draupadi as bride and bring her to their mother. |
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| | Duryodhana's brother Dushasana forcibly attempts to disrobe Draupadi in the center of the assembly hall. | | | Draupadi's husbands, the Pandavas, who have lost her as well as their kingdom in a crooked game of dice, sit helplessly to the right. | | | This inauspicious event, which tarnishes Draupadi's honor, marks her metamorphosis from contented wife into vengeful goddess. |
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| | Of special interest in his discussion of classical and vernacular traditions is the fact that he does not see the direction of influence as solely from the Sanskrit tradition to the vernacular tradition. | | | His methods for approaching the texts are primarily literary and philological, though he is also concerned to show connections to Indian mythology and cult practices, especially to those of the Draupadi cult. | | | Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits. |
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| | INDOlink Kidz Korner : Mahabharata - Part 9 |
| | The Pandava brothers and princess Draupadi requested King Virata to give them some jobs. | | | Draupadi, being happily married to the Pandava brothers, refused. | | | When she had screamed, someone had come in and killed Keechak and she had no idea of his identity. |
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| | The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro |
| | Exploring the woman’s world in the Mahabharata with Draupadi at the centre. | | | Draupadi, Krishna and Ved Vyas will be the three significant characters Rituparno will focus on. | | | “I have always wanted to work on the women of Mahabharata with Draupadi in the middle — how she epitomises woman power and how she is an extension of Kunti,” said Rituparno, adding that he was looking for a “dark actor” for the title role. |
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| | Mahabharata - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Mahabharata |
| | After a long and peaceful reign he and his brothers abdicated and with their wife Draupadi set out for the Himalayas, where they entered the blissful City of the Gods. | | | Dhritarashtra renounced the throne and divided the kingdom between them and his own sons. | | | The five brothers were eventually driven from the kingdom by the Kauravas, and in exile as soldiers of fortune they married in common the Princess Draupadi. |
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| | Draupadi's Devotion |
| | Is she that great?" The Lord replied with a smile, "I shall let you know by and by." | | | Once Sathyabhama and Rukmini questioned Lord Krishna: "Why do you always make much of the devotion of Draupadi? | | | One day, Draupadi came to visit her dear brother Krishna and she was given a suite of rooms. |
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| | Search for the Historical Krishna |
| | Among Buddhist works Kunala Jataka mentions Krishnaa (i.e., Draupadi) in addition to Bhimasena, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva and Yudhittila (Pali for Yudhisthira). | | | Dhananjaya of the Kuru race (Arjuna) and Draupadi Svayamvara are referred to in Dhumakari Jataka. | | | We find the names of Mahabharata characters in Vedic literature - Vicitravirya in Kathaka Samhita; Sikhandin Yajnasena in Kaushitaki Brahmana; Janamejaya the grandson of Abhimanyu in Aitareya Brahmana; and Pariksita in Shatapatha Brahmana. |
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