Pandavas, Pāṇḍavas: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPāṇḍavas (पाण्डवस्).—Origin. Śantanu, a celebrated King of Candravaṃśa (lunar dynasty) had two wives, Gaṅgā and Satyavatī. Bhīṣma was the son of Gaṅgā. After the birth of Bhīṣma Gaṅgā his mother went to heaven. After that Śantanu married Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa. Satyavatī got two sons, Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya. Even while a bachelor, Citrāṅgada was killed by a Gandharva of the same name. So Vicitravīrya became King on Śantanu’s death. Bhīṣma forcibly brought the three daughters of the King of Kāśī named Ambā, Ambikā and Ambālikā for Vicitravīrya to marry. But knowing that Ambā was in love with the King of Sālva, Bhīṣma let her off on the way. Ambikā and Ambālikā became the wives of Vicitravīrya. But for a long time they had no sons. (See full article at Story of Pāṇḍavas from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Starts with: Pandavasena, Pandavashreshtha.
Full-text (+447): Draupadi, Pandava, Duryodhana, Pandu, Virata, Dhaumya, Vidura, Kurukshetra, Satyaki, Cekitana, Upaplavya, Dvaitavana, Nakula, Drona, Kaurava, Bhishma, Shalya, Shaibya, Hastinapura, Arjuna.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.8.12 < [Chapter 8 - The Marriages of All the Queens]
Verse 6.10.15 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
Verse 5.9.46 < [Chapter 9 - The Happiness of the Yadus]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Pancharatram < [July – September, 2001]
Studies in Mahabharata < [October – December, 1996]
Bhasa’s Mahabharata Plays < [April 1951]
List of Mahabharata tribes (by Laxman Burdak)
Chapter 12 - The House of Lac at Varanavata < [Adi Parva]
Chapter 11 - The Pandavas Lose Their Kingdom < [Sabha Parva]
Chapter 1 - The First Days of Exile < [Vana Parva]
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