Character
カウラヴァ
कौरवस्Kauravas
- verses
- 1,668
- books
- 15
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- 597
- Members
- ドゥルヨーダナ
What the texts say
In the Mahabharata, the Kauravas are the hundred sons of King Dhritarashtra, born through his wife Gandhari by a boon granted by the sage Vyasa. Mahabharata 1.90.61 The epic tells how Duryodhana, one of them, had poison mixed into the food of Bhima, a Pandava. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 1.61.10, 1.128.44 The Kaurava host numbered eleven akshauhinis, a great army, with Bhishma, son of Shantanu, at the forefront as leading commander. Mahabharata 6.16.39 By the war's end all the sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari were destroyed, and only the five Pandavas remained alive. Mahabharata (Gita Press) 14.53.18
Where to read
Every verse that names カウラヴァ, book by book.
- 10.68.23
主バラデーヴァの、威力・勇気・力に満ち、その超越的な力にふさわしい言葉を聞くや、クル族は激怒して次のように言った。
- 1.7.13
クルクシェートラの戦いで、カウラヴァとパーンドゥの両陣営の勇士が倒れ、それぞれの行き先を得たのち、ビーマセーナの棍棒により持国の子の腿が砕かれ、嘆きつつ倒れた。そのときドローナの子アシュヴァッターマは「主君が喜ぶ」と思い、眠っていたドラウパディーの五人の子の首を刎ね、戦利品として差し出した。だがドゥルヨーダナはその忌まわしい所業を非難し、少しも満足しなかった。
- 1.9.36
戦場で親族たちを見てアルジュナが迷いと無知に囚われたとき、主は超越的な知識を授けることでその無知を取り除かれました。その主の蓮の御足が、常に私の憧れの対象でありますように。
- 10.68.23
Brahma Purana
16 verses · 4 chapters
Key chapters
The chapters where カウラヴァ matters most.
Balarāma Humbles the Kurus and Rescues Sāmba
Collective voice of dynastic arrogance
Balarama’s Embassy to Hastinapura and the Release of Samba
साम्ब-ग्रहणकर्तारः
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71: Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization
Antagonistic bloc characterized as acquisitive and hostile
Āstravidyā-Pradarśana: The Kuru Princes’ Public Demonstration of Arms (आस्त्रविद्या-प्रदर्शनम्)
Ensemble performers
Timely Counsel, Association, and Kin-Duty
Implicit beneficiaries of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s attachment
Karna’s Martial Boast and Challenge to Bībhatsu (Arjuna)
Implied beneficiaries and audience
Adhyāya 20: Rājadharma Argument for Paternal Inheritance and Timely Conciliation
Current holders of the undivided patrimony
The Birth of Droṇa, Acquisition of Weapons, and the Seed of Enmity with Drupada
Co-students within Droṇa’s school
Adharma’s Short-Lived Prosperity and the Restorative Path of Tīrtha (लोमश-युधिष्ठिर संवादः)
Implied antagonistic horizon
Key episodes
Kurukshetra War
Mahabharata 6-10
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