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Mahabaratham - Characters - B
* Banasena
Karna's sons were Vrishasena, Vrishaketu, Banasena, Chitrasena, Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya, Dvipata and Prasena.
* Bhargavi Daughter of Bhrigu Maharishi and Khyati, the daughter of Daksha. She had brothers named Dhata and Vidhata.
* Bhishma
Son of Shaantanu and Ganga
Shaantanu married Ganga, who bore him a son Devavrata who was later known as Bhishma (the one who made the fearsome vow). Eight Vasus were born of Ganga by her husband king Shaantanu. Bhishma, moved by the desire of doing good to his father, got him married to Satyavati who was also called Gandhakali ...Read more
* Bhrigu Maharishi He
(Sanskrit: Bhṛgu) was one of the seven great sages,
the Saptarshis, one of the many Prajapatis (the facilitators of
Creation) created by Brahma (The God of Creation), the first compiler of
predictive astrology, and also the author of Bhrigu Samhita, the
astrological (Jyotish) classic. Bhrigu is considered as a Manasa Putra
(mind-born-son) of Brahma. The adjectival form of the name, Bhargava, is
used to refer to the descendants and the school of Bhrigu.
He was married to Khyati, the daughter of Daksha. He had two sons by her, named Dhata and Vidhata. His daughter Bhargavi, married Vishnu (Narayana).
He has one more son through Kavya (Usana), who is better known than Bhrigu himself - Shukra, learned sage and guru of the asuras. The sage Chyavana is his son through Puloma. One of his descendants was sage Jamadagni, who in turn was the father of sage Parshurama, considered an avatar of Vishnu.
Source: vyasaonline.com
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