Characters

The people of the epics and Puranas, each with the verses that name them, the chapters they shape and the stories they belong to.

Ordered by how many verses name them.

  1. ArjunaNamed in 9,274 verses
  2. DhritarashtraNamed in 6,797 verses
  3. SitaNamed in 5,196 verses
  4. PandavasNamed in 5,112 verses
  5. RavanaNamed in 4,363 verses
  6. DuryodhanaNamed in 4,228 verses
  7. YudhishthiraNamed in 4,115 verses
  8. KarnaNamed in 3,515 verses
  9. LakshmanaNamed in 3,423 verses
  10. VyasaNamed in 3,245 verses
  11. DronaNamed in 3,009 verses
  12. BhishmaNamed in 2,609 verses
  13. DasharathaNamed in 2,579 verses
  14. SanjayaNamed in 2,246 verses
  15. VishvamitraNamed in 2,233 verses
  16. DraupadiNamed in 1,708 verses
  17. KauravasNamed in 1,668 verses
  18. AshwatthamaNamed in 1,630 verses
  19. KuntiNamed in 1,425 verses
  20. PrahladaNamed in 1,251 verses
  21. VibhishanaNamed in 1,110 verses
  22. AbhimanyuNamed in 904 verses
  23. ValmikiNamed in 895 verses
  24. Vaivasvata ManuNamed in 889 verses
  25. HiranyakashipuNamed in 725 verses
  26. MahishasuraNamed in 674 verses
  27. DamayantiNamed in 664 verses
  28. IndrajitNamed in 642 verses
  29. ShakuniNamed in 624 verses
  30. KumbhakarnaNamed in 598 verses
  31. DevakiNamed in 528 verses
  32. VasudevaNamed in 524 verses
  33. JamadagniNamed in 442 verses
  34. Kartavirya ArjunaNamed in 274 verses
  35. YashodaNamed in 246 verses
  36. ShurpanakhaNamed in 224 verses
  37. MandodariNamed in 132 verses
  38. BarbarikaNamed in 88 verses
  39. RohiniNamed in 43 verses
  40. LakshmanaNamed in 40 verses