Kunti (Sanskrit) Wife of Pandu and mother of three of the Pandavas, foes of their cousins, the Kauravas, in the Mahabharata.

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Kurus (Sanskrit) The foes and cousins of the Pandavas, as related in the Mahabharata.

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Daytha (Sanskrit) The Hindu Nimrod in the Mahabharata. {IU 2:425}

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Pandu (Sanskrit). "The Pale", literally; the father of the Pandavas Princes, the foes of the Kurava in the Mahabharata.

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Harivansa (Sanskrit) A portion of the Mahabharata, a poem on the genealogy of Vishnu, or Hari.

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Vaishampayana

The disciple of Dvaipayana Vyasa who narrated the Mahabharata to King Janamejaya.

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Mayasura (Sanskrit) The asura mentioned in the Mahabharata, who presented the Padanava brothers with a gift of a bundle of wonderful things.

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Vyasa: One of the greatest sages of India, commentator on the Yoga Sutras, author of the Mahabharata (which includes the Bhagavad Gita), the Brahma Sutras, and the codifier of the Vedas.

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Dvaipayana - Vyasadeva:

Dvaipayana - Vyasadeva: the original compiler of the Vedas and Puranas and author of the Vedanta-sutra and Mahabharata.

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Pandu (Sanskrit) The pale one; a son of Vyasa by the wife of Vichitra-virya. The brother of Dhritarashtra and Vidura, and the father of the five Pandava princes of the Mahabharata.

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Kiratarjuniya (Sanskrit) A poem by Bharavi describing the combat of Arjuna with the God Siva in the form of the wild mountaineer Kirata; the story is derived from the Mahabharata.

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Adivamsa (Sanskrit) (from adi primeval, first + vamsa lineage, race)

The first race; used in the Mahabharata for the primeval race, the original family.

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Bhargava (Sanskrit) Descendant of Bhrigu, the great rishi; Sukra, regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the Daityas; likewise an ancient people mentioned in the Mahabharata.

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Vitatha (Sanskrit) In the Harivansa (generally regarded as an addition to the Mahabharata), one name of the rishi Bharadvaja, regarded as the author of many Vedic hymns.

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Abhimanyu (Sanskrit). A son of Arjuna. He killed Lakshmana,in the great battle of the Mahabharata on its second day, but was himself killed on the thirteenth.

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Sabha (Sanskrit). An assembly; a place for meetings, social or political. Also Mahasabha , "the bundle of wonderful (mayavic or illusionary) things" the gift of Mayasur to the Pandavas (Mahabharata.)

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Puranas (Sanskrit). Lit., "ancient". A collection of symbolical and allegorical writings - eighteen in number now - supposed to have been composed by Vyasa, the author of Mahabharata.

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Itihasas

Epic histories, including the Mahabharata and Ramayana. In contrast to the more encyclopedic Puranas, each Itihasa usually tells one heroic story.

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Sanatsujatiya (Sanskrit) One episode in the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata, consisting of a dialogue between Sanatsujuata and Dhritarashtra; a philosophical treatise of high distinction, commented on by Sankaracharya.

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Arjuna: The hero of the Indian epic Mahabharata, he was the friend and devotee of Lord Krishna, who revealed the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita to him on the eve of the battle.

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Ramayana:

Ramayana ("Rama's life"): one of India's two great national epics telling the story of Rama; cf. Mahabharata

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