Ghatotkacha : son of Bhīma & Hidimbā, who saved Arjūna by fighting so devastatingly that Duryodhana ordered Karṇa to kill him with Indra’s inescapable missile. Karṇa was unwilling, as he had obtained it from Indra to kill Arjūna & knew that he could use it only once.
... 572.576, 584, 595 Gayā (and Nālandā) records, 38, 39 Gedrosia, 525, 526, 530, 531 Geiger, W., 33.34, 35, 231, 281, 362, 363, 369 Geldner, 281 GhataJātaka, 397 Ghatotkacha, 533 Ghirshman, R., 333 Ghosh, V. K., 282 Ghoshal, U.N., 555 Ghositārāma, 504 Ghosundi inscription, 396, 400, 401, 579.587, 601 Giles, H. A., 365 ...
... giving him the right to call himself "Mahārājadhirāja" ("Supreme King of great kings") for the first time in the family in contrast to the name "Mahārāja" of his father and grandfather. His father Ghatotkacha bore no "Gupta"-ending though Ghatotkacha's own father was Gupta. In spite of establishing a general precedent for those who came after him, Chandragupta himself had no particular reason to attach ...
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