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. NaradaNamed in 6,495 verses
  4. SitaNamed in 5,196 verses
  5. PandavasNamed in 5,112 verses
  6. RavanaNamed in 4,363 verses
  7. BhimaNamed in 4,300 verses
  8. DuryodhanaNamed in 4,228 verses
  9. YudhishthiraNamed in 4,115 verses
  10. KarnaNamed in 3,515 verses
  11. LakshmanaNamed in 3,423 verses
  12. VyasaNamed in 3,245 verses
  13. DronaNamed in 3,009 verses
  14. BhishmaNamed in 2,609 verses
  15. DasharathaNamed in 2,579 verses
  16. SanjayaNamed in 2,246 verses
  17. VishvamitraNamed in 2,233 verses
  18. DraupadiNamed in 1,708 verses
  19. KauravasNamed in 1,668 verses
  20. AshwatthamaNamed in 1,630 verses
  21. KuntiNamed in 1,425 verses
  22. PrahladaNamed in 1,251 verses
  23. VibhishanaNamed in 1,110 verses
  24. AbhimanyuNamed in 904 verses
  25. ValmikiNamed in 895 verses
  26. Vaivasvata ManuNamed in 889 verses
  27. HiranyakashipuNamed in 725 verses
  28. KamsaNamed in 711 verses
  29. MahishasuraNamed in 674 verses
  30. DamayantiNamed in 664 verses
  31. NalaNamed in 658 verses
  32. IndrajitNamed in 642 verses
  33. ShakuniNamed in 624 verses
  34. KumbhakarnaNamed in 598 verses
  35. DevakiNamed in 528 verses
  36. VasudevaNamed in 524 verses
  37. JamadagniNamed in 442 verses
  38. ShikhandiNamed in 427 verses
  39. Kartavirya ArjunaNamed in 274 verses
  40. YashodaNamed in 246 verses
  41. ShurpanakhaNamed in 224 verses
  42. MandodariNamed in 132 verses
  43. RenukaNamed in 120 verses
  44. BarbarikaNamed in 88 verses
  45. RohiniNamed in 43 verses
  46. LakshmanaNamed in 40 verses
  47. RevatiNamed in 10 verses