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Pāṇḍu
पाण्डुः sa पाण्डु hi பாண்டு ta
Father of the Pandavas in the epic Mahabharata
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 Pāṇḍu
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 10
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
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (mother) Ambalika character from Indian epic Mahabharata
- child of (father) Vyasa Legendary ancient Indian sage, compiler of the Vedas, and author of the Mahabharata
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parent of (father) Arjuna central character of Indian epic Mahabharata -
parent of (father) Bhīma Great Kshatriya(Rajput) warrior of Mahabharata - parent of (child) Nakula character of Indian epic Mahabharata
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parent of (child) Pāṇḍava main characters of the Mahabharata -
parent of (child) Sahadeva character of Indian epic Mahabharata - parent of (child) Yudhiṣṭhira character from Indian epic Mahabharata
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partner of (spouse) Kuntī character from Indian epic Mahabharata -
partner of (spouse) Mādrī character from Indian epic Mahabharata
Family 3
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
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Texts
In the texts
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Sources
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11 statements on this record
- 11 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
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Review
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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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