Re. Mahabharata characters

Posted By Chris Austin (c_austi@alcor.concordia.ca)
Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:33:30 -0500 (EST)

Very few of the names here are actually people. For an excellent
geneology of characters, see J.A.B. Van Buitenen's translation of the
Mahabharata vol.1

In article <ghenE6zJJu.5y7@netcom.com>, <Ramer129@aol.com> wrote:
>heLLo...
>
>i would like to know the importance of the following people in the
>mahabharat. I would highly appreciate it if you could give me a 2-3 sentence
>description of each....
>
>1. Bhagavad Gita = small portion of the MBh in the Bhishmaparvan
consisting of Krsna's talk with Arjuna containing discussions of
Bhakti, Jnana and Karma yogas.

>3. Bhaktiyoga = religious path of devotion

>5. Hanuman = monkey god more well known from Ramayana

>6. Hastinapura = fortress in story

>7. Indraprastha = " " " (present day Old Delhi)

>9. Jnanayoga = religious path of knowledge

>10. Karmayoga = " " " worldly activity

>13. Kuruksetra = field of battle of MBh war

>14. Kuru = entire clan of characters

>17. Satyavati = Mother of Vyasa

>28. Bharatha = clan

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