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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)
* Shukra
Shukracharya was the son of Bhrigu Maharishi and Kavya (Usana). He was a learned sage and guru of the asuras.
* 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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