Pandu : Pāndu, with a whitish-yellow skin due to pāndu-rōga, jaundice (from French jaune, yellow). Pāṇdu succeeded his father Vichitravīrya as the king of Hastināpura. He was so born because his mother Ambālikā had turned pale in fear when Veda Vyāsa was blessing her with a son through his yogic powers at the behest of his mother Queen Satyavatie. Pāṇdu, trained by Bhīṣma, excelled in warfare, esp. archery, & administration, & expanded & consolidated the Kuru kingdom by conquering Sindhu, Kāshi, Aṇga, Trigarta, Kaliṇga, Magadha, etc. Pāṇdu was first married to Kūnti (q.v.) who bore him three sons & later to Mādri (q.v.) who bore him two sons. Once he shot dead a couple of deers in the forest, but it turned out they were a rishi & his wife making love in the form of deers. The dying rishi cursed him that he & his wife will die if he ever made love. One day, when he & Mādri were alone, they failed to control themselves & both died.
... Page 73 NOTES Learning in the Mahabharata According to the Mahabharata, the great epic of action, Bhishma was the guardian of the Pandu and Kuril princes committed to his care. He had appointed Drona as their preceptor. The Pandu princes were five: Yuddhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Sahadeva and Nakula. The Kuru princes, sons of Dhritarashtra, were one hundred, of whom Duryodhana was... purpose. Krishna the Teacher Perhaps the war of the Mahabharata was a mistake, but it became inevitable when Duryodhana refused to give a legal share of the kingdom to the Pandavas, sons of Pandu. The forces were unequally divided, the armies on the side of Duryodhana being far more numerous than those on the side of the Pandavas. Teachers like Drona and grandsires like Bhishma, who were revered ...
... Perspectives of Savitri - Part 1 PART VI Pativrata-Mahatmya (Woman's Love) True to their word the sons of Pandu went with Draupadi into exile, and passed twelve years in the wilderness; and many were the incidents which checkered their forest life. Krishna, who had stood by Yudhishthir in his prosperity, now came to visit ...
... him? Water. If a man is ignorant, what is the only thing that will help him? Knowledge. It is good to give bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, knowledge to the ignorant. The five sons of Pandu, the five noble Pandavas, were staying in a palace which at first sight seemed beautiful and comfortable. But it had been built by an enemy, Purochana, and he had made Page 246 the floors ...
... support by other similar sounds; for in the somewhat elastic period within which Vasubandhu is sought to be placed we have at least three non-Gupta Chandraguptas. There is King Chandragupta of the Pandu-varhsīs, brother of King Tivara of Kosala who flourished c. 565-80 A.D. 2 There is a prince of the same name mentioned in the Sanjan grant as defeated by Rāshtrakuta Govinda III (c. 794-814 A.D.) ...
... liberated from the invaders, and were held by a vastly superior enemy against repeated attacks. Naturally, the Indian Army also suffered setbacks, minor and major, at several places such as Jhangar, Pandu, Kargil and Skardu. But the situation was fully restored at Jhangar and Kargil. The long siege of Poonch was finally broken and the Page 72 Gurais & Dras areas were successfully ...
... Lord of the Law. × The four brothers of Yudhishthira were called the "Pandavas" that is, the sons of Pandu. × Outburst of emotion. × ...
... Pāndya country is old. In the fourth century B.C. the grammarian Katyayana explains the word Pāndya as 'one sprung from an individual of the clan of the Pandus or the king of their country'. Katyayana therefore associates the Pāndya country with the Pandus or Pāndavas whom epic tradition intimately connects with Vasudeva." Even linguistically the equivalent of "Heracles" can be found: "Harikrishna." When ...
... clash. E. J. Rapson 1 tells us: "According to the epic, as usually interpreted, [Parīkshit] was appointed king of Hastinapura more than thirty-six years after the great war between the Kurus and Pandus." Since the Bhārata War lasted only 18 days, its date can be computed, in keeping with the required condition, as (3102+36=) 3138 B.C. in the scheme of the traditional-Purānic chronology. Bearing ...
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