Mahabharata Characters

• Shantanu - king of Hastinapura
• Ganga - beautiful river goddess who's husband is Shantanu; first wife of Shantanu.
• Devavrata - son of Shantanu and Ganga; wise and strong prince.
• Satyavati - second wife of Shantanu, mother of Vyasa.
• Vyasa - elder son of Satyavati.
• Vichitravirya - son of Shantanu and Satyavati, short-lived.
• Ambika and Ambalika - sisters that Satyavati wants Vyasa to marry.
• Dhritarashtra - blind child of Ambika and Vyasa. Ineligible to take the throne because of his blindness.
• Pandu - pale skinned child of Ambalika and Vyasa; became the king; has a curse on him that he would die if he gets into a relationship with a woman.
• Kunti - first wife of Pandu, got a blessing from gods that she can give birth without intercourse
• Yudhishthira - child of Pandu and Kunti
• Bhima - child of Pandu and Kunti; a strong child.
• Arjuna - child of Pandu and Kunti; known as the great warrior of Arjuna
• Karna - first child of Kunti; got abandoned by his mother because of fear of humiliation.
• Madri - Pandu's second wife
• Nakula and Sahadeva - twins of Pandu and Madri
• Gandhari - wife of Dritharashtra
• Kaurvas - hundred children's of Dritharashtra and Gandhari
• Duryodhana - eldest son in Kauravas
• Pandavas - five sons of Pandu (YUDHISHTHIRA, ARJUNA, NAKULA, SAHADEVA and BHIMA)
• Pandavas - their physical strength; positive attitude; good deeds, become popular.
• Kaurvas - see to be jealous and wicked
• Draupadi - wife of Pandavas
• Lord Sri Krishna - maternal uncle; who helped the Pandavas escape the Kauravas
• Sri Krishna - god of Hinduism