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Vikarna
विकर्ण: sa विकर्ण hi விகர்ணன் ta
Character in the Indian epic Mahabharata
- Child of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī
- Married to Sudeshnavati
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Family
The family of Vikarna
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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 · 8
Kinship in an account 1
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
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Family 7
What this means
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Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
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- child of (father) Dhṛtarāṣṭra character from Indian Epic Mahabharata
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child of (child) Gāndhārī character in the Hindu epic - parent of (child) Jyotsyana Daughter of Vikarna and Sudeshnavati in the Mahabharata
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sibling of Duhsala character in the Indian epic Mahabharata -
sibling of Duḥśāsana character from Hindu epic Mahabharata -
sibling of Duryodhana Eldest son of Dhritarashtra & Gandhari in the Hindu epic the Mahābhārata - married to Sudeshnavati Wife of Vikarna in the Hindu Epic Mahabharata
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