पात्राणि — Characters

13,772 entities from Sorensen's Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

Showing 48 Tier-1 characters
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*Soma

moon god / soma juice…

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Abhimanyu

son of Arjuna…

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Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)

Pandava warrior…

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Bhīma (Pāṇḍava)

Pandava warrior…

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Bhīṣma

grandsire…

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Brahmán

the Creator…

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Bṛhaspati

purohita of the gods…

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Dharma

god of justice, father of Yudhiṣṭhira…

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Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Pāñcāla commander…

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Dhṛtarāṣṭra

blind king…

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Draupadī

wife of Pandavas…

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Droṇa

preceptor…

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Drupada

Pāñcāla king…

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Duḥśāsana

Kaurava, Draupadī's tormentor…

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Duryodhana

Kaurava prince…

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Gāṇḍīva

Arjuna's bow…

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Gaṅgā

sacred river…

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Hāstinapura

Kuru capital on Gaṅgā…

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Himavat

Himalaya mountains…

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Indra

king of devas, father of Arjuna…

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Janamejaya

frame narrator, snake sacrifice…

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Karṇa

son of Sūrya and Kuntī…

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Kāśinagara

holy city (Vārāṇasī)…

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Kṛpa

preceptor…

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Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva)

Yadava, divine guide…

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Kubera

lord of riches…

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Kuntī

mother of Pandavas…

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Kurukṣetra

battlefield…

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Mārkaṇḍeya

immortal sage…

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Meru

cosmic mountain…

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Nakula

Pandava…

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Nārada

divine sage…

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Pāñcāla

people allied to Pandavas…

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Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Bhṛgu warrior-sage…

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Sahadeva

Pandava…

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Śakuni

Gāndhāra prince, dice player…

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Sañjaya

narrator to Dhṛtarāṣṭra…

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Sarasvatī

sacred river…

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Sātyaki

Vṛṣṇi warrior (Yuyudhāna)…

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Śiva

great god, Mahādeva…

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Varuṇa

god of waters…

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Vasiṣṭha

sage, one of the Saptarṣis…

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Vidura

wise counselor…

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Viṣṇu

supreme deity…

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Vṛṣṇi

Yādava clan of Kṛṣṇa…

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Vyāsa

compiler, biological father…

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Yama

lord of the dead…

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Yudhiṣṭhira

Pandava king…


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