Sakunthala Pathralekhan Shakuntala writing a letter to Dushyanta. Shakuntala grows up in the hermitage of Kanva maharishi. While Kanva and the other elders of the hermitage are away on a pilgrimage, Dushyanta, the king of Hastinapura comes hunting in the forest and chances upon the hermitage. He is captivated by Shakuntala, courts her in royal […]
Menaka shows Shakuntala to Vishvamitra. Vishwamitra refusing to accept child Shakuntala from Menaka. When Vishvamitra realized that he had been tricked by Indra, he was enraged. But he merely cursed Menaka to be separated from him forever, for he loved her as well and knew that she had lost all devious intentions towards him long
Menaka seduces Vishvamitra Vishvamitra, a prominent Hindu sage, frightened the devas and even tried to create another heaven – Indra, frightened by his powers, sent Menaka from heaven to earth to lure him and break his meditation. Menaka successfully incited Vishvamitra’s lust and passion when he saw her beauty. She succeeded in breaking the meditation
Abhimanyu kills Lakshmana Kumara. Lakshmana Kumara is the son of king Duryodhana and queen Bhanumati and a grandson of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. He is described to have a twin sister called Lakshmanā, who is kidnapped by Samba, a son of Krishna. He is slain on the thirteenth day of the Kurukshetra War by Abhimanyu, who
Karna (center) sacrifices his divine armour, while his wife watches in distress—a scene from the Mahabharata by Bamapada Banerjee. Bamapada Banerjee received his initial training in painting at the Calcutta Art School. However, disillusioned with its pedagogy, he left Art School and began training with Pramathalal Mitra. Later, he worked as an apprentice to the
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Illustration of Drona and the Fire of Friendship, as scanned from the book Indian Tales of the Great Ones. Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people written by Cornelia Sorabji (d. 1954), and illustrated by Warwick Goble (d. 1943). Young Drupada (left) with Drona
Birth of Draupadi from Holy fire Modern print Drupada does not forget his insult at the hands of Drona. Realising that neither he nor his children are capable enough to defeat Drona, Drupada desires to have a son powerful enough to take revenge on Drona. He consults several seers and eventually approaches Yaja and Upayaja,
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614) from the Sanskrit Mahabharata Mughal India, made for Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan
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