Intro to Mahabharata
Mahabharata is an epic...
poem
Satyavati was the daughter of a...
fisherman
How was Jurasandha born?
In two vertical halves.
1st half= Kamyakavana and Dvaitavana
2nd half= in pilgrimage
Why did Draupadi laugh at Duryodhana?
Duryodhana mistook a clean marble floor for a pool of water and then he fell in the pool of water.
What does Mahabharata mean?
The Great Battle of Bharatas
Devavrata was known by this name throughout his life...
Bhishma Pitamah
Why did Yudhistira accept the invitation to the game of dice?
It is a ksatriya etiquette against turning down a game of dice from another ksatriya.
How was the problem of feeding the Brahmins solved?
The lord's son gave Yudhistira an Aksayapatra.
How are Duryodhana and Sakuni related?
Who wrote Mahabharata?
Lord Ganesh
What was the name of Pandu's wives? What was the name of Dhrtasrastra's wive?
Kunti, Madhari
Gandhari
Who played the dice game against Yudhistira?
Sakuni
Which astra did Arjuna receive from Lord Shiva?
Pasupatastra
Which beautiful apsara cursed Arjuna?
Urvasi
Who composed Mahabharata?
Sage Vyasa
Who was the Pandavas' and Kauravas' teacher?
Dronacarya
What were the stakes in the second round of the dice game?
12 years of exile and one year incognito.
Who granted Bhima a boon during exile and what was the boon?
Hanuman
The boon was Hanuman would sit on the flag of Arjuna's chariot during the war.
What was the name of the Pandavas' family priest?
Dhaumya
Mahabharata is a story of how many generations?
6
These two were not accepted as students by the great archerer?
Ekalavya and Karna
What did Draupadi ask Dhrtarastra as a boon?
To free King Yudhistira from slavery so his son, Prativindhya, would not be called a dasaputra, the son of a servant.
Who was trying to test the Pandavas at the end of the 12th year?
Yaksa/Lord Dharma- Yudhistira's father.
Who is the incarnation of Lord Visnu?