Snippets of Information - Epics
Mahabaratham - Characters - S
* Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya Karna's sons were Vrishasena, Vrishaketu, Banasena, Chitrasena, Satyasena, Sushena, Shatrunjaya, Dvipata and Prasena.
* Satyavati
Wife of king Shaantanu. She married the king on the condition that Bhishma should give up his kingdom to her offspring.
Vyasa was born of Satyavati through Parasara ....Read more
* Shantanu (Shaantanu)
A Kuru king of Hastinapura, Shantanu was the son of King Pratipa and Sunanda. He was the father of Bhishma ...Read more
* Saunaka Kulapati (Saunagar)
One of the rishis in Naimisaranya forest to whom Sauti narrated the Mahabaratha.
* Ugrasrava Sauti
Son of Lomaharshana (Romaharshana, Suta, Sudar).
A disciple of sage Vyasa, he narrated the Mahabharata to Saunaka
Kulapati and other sages of Naimisaranya (Naimisha).
Rishi Vaisampayana had narrted the Mahabharatha to king Janamajeya at the sarpa yajna (snake sacrifice)
* Shikandini / Shikandi
Amba had been carried away by Bhishma along with her sisters Ambika and
Ambalika to be wed to Bhishma's half-brother Vichitravirya. Since
she loved Salva, she went back to him but was rejected by him. Bhsihma
was unwilling to marry her. The angered Amba declared that she would
achieve her vengeance by observing severe penance. She got a boon from
Lord Siva and was reborn as Shikandini, daughter of Drupada, the
Panchala king. She was elder to Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi.
Shikhandini wanted to become a male and was assisted in this by a Yaksha
named Sthunakarna, who lived in the forests near Panchala. A Yaksha is
an attendant of Kubera, the god of wealth. The angered Gubera cursed
Sthunakarna that he would be unable to resume his male gender until the
death of Shikandi.
* Shukra
Shukracharya was the son of Bhrigu Maharishi and Kavya (Usana). He was a learned sage and guru of the asuras.
* Shukar
Shuka Brahma Maharishi was the son of the sage Vyasa and celestial maiden Krutasi (Ghritachi).
He is depicted with a parrot-like face. He was an enlightened soul born
with profound knowledge. Shukar narrated the Srimad Bhagavatam to King
Parikshit over seven days.
* Sthunakarna
Shikhandini wanted to become a male and was assisted in this by a Yaksha named Sthunakarna,
who lived in the forests near Panchala. A Yaksha is an attendant of
Kubera, the god of wealth. The angered Gubera cursed Sthunakarna that he
would be unable to resume his male gender until the death of Shikandi.
* Surasena (Shurasena) Surasena (Shurasena) was the chief of the Yadu dynasty. He was the
father of Vasudeva (Krishna's father). He also had a daughter named
Pritha. Surasena had promised his child for adoption to king Kuntibhoja
who was childless. Pritha was thus adopted by king Kuntibhoja, renamed
Kunti.
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