- were born to Dhritarashtra's
queen Gandhari. The
Kauravas also had a sister, Duhsala. All the 100
Kauravas were
mentioned to have
wives in the Adi Parva...
-
ruled by
their cousins, the
Kauravas. However, the
Pandavas lost
their kingdom to
Duryodhana (eldest and king of the
Kauravas) when
Yudhishthira gambled...
- Vyasa. At its
heart lies the epic
struggle between the
Pandavas and the
Kauravas. The
central characters include the five
Pandava brothers—Yudhishthira...
-
advanced alone into the
middle of the
Kauravas line and was
trapped in the
deadly formation his
enemy had set up. The
Kauravas rained weapons on Abimanyu's body...
- of
Pandavas and
Kauravas. The
story then
focuses on the
childhood of Lord Krishna. Elsewhere,
Dronacharya teaches Pandavas and
Kauravas warfare, and after...
-
Kauravas, in Hastinapura, the
capital of Kuru.
During his childhood, Bhima's
strength was
frequently displa****,
often to the
dismay of the
Kauravas,...
- the
Kauravas hated their cousins and
tried to kill them
multiple times. One such was the
event of Lakshagriha, in
which Duryodhana—the
eldest Kaurava—decided...
- Kuru princes—the
Pandavas and the
Kauravas.
Ashvatthama is a
close companion of Duryodhana, the
leader of the
Kauravas, and
receives military training alongside...
- Mahabharata,
arising from a
dynastic struggle between two
groups of cousins, the
Kauravas and the Pandavas, for the
throne of Hastinapura. The war is used as the...
-
Kurukshetra War, a war of
succession between two
groups of
princely cousins, the
Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas. It also
contains philosophical and
devotional material...
