PANDAVAS

Meaning of PANDAVAS in English

in Hindu legend, the five sons of the dynastic hero Pandu who were victorious in the great epic war with their cousins, the Kauravas. See Mahabharata.

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PANDAVAS — /pun"deuh veuhz/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) (in the Mahabharata ) the family of Arjuna, at …
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MAHABHARATA — One of the two major It tells of the struggle for supremacy between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and …
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MAHABHARATA — /meuh hah"bahr"euh teuh/ , n. an epic poem of India dealing mainly with the conflict between the Pandavas and the …
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KAURAVAS — /kow"reuh vahz'/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) (in the Mahabharata ) the cousins and enemies of …
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KHANDAVA — [Hindu] In Hindu mythology, the country and forest that were awarded to the Pandavas when Dhritarashtra divided his kingdom.
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