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Duryodhana
दुर्योधन sa துரியோதனன் ta
Eldest son of Dhritarashtra & Gandhari in the Hindu epic the Mahābhārata
- Child of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī
- Consort of Wives of Duryodhana
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Duryodhana
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 13
Kinship in an account 8
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (father) Dhṛtarāṣṭra character from Indian Epic Mahabharata
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child of (mother) Gāndhārī character in the Hindu epic - parent of (child) Lakshmanaa character from the Mahabharata
- parent of (child) Laxman Kumara character from the Mahabharata, son of Duryodhana, Mayuri and Bhanumati
- partner of (spouse) Wives of Duryodhana Spouse of Duryodhana
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sibling of Duhsala character in the Indian epic Mahabharata -
sibling of Duḥśāsana character from Hindu epic Mahabharata - sibling of Vikarna character in the Indian epic Mahabharata
Family 5
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Texts
In the texts
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Sources
Sources and evidence
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9 statements on this record
- 1 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 8 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms lead image of the English Wikipedia article
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Computed Worked out here, not stated by any source: 1 collection membership. Each is marked where it is shown.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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