Warriors of the Mahabharata/Taragatha Universe
“and Prativindhya against Citra owning a beautiful standard and a beautiful bow” – The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva: Section 13 “Citra, O Bharata, hurled the very weapon at Prativindhya. Striking the brave Prativindhya in that battle, that blazing dart, piercing through his right arm, fell down on the Earth, and falling illumined the whole…
“King Citrasena rushed against the advancing Srutakarman;” – The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva: Section 13 “Srutakarman, then, O king, thus assailed by the foe, became filled with rage, and cut in twain the foe-resisting bow of Citrasena. The latter’s bow having been cut off, Srutakarman then, O king, pierced him with three hundred arrows…
Other names: Kripacharya; Kripa; Gautama; Sharadvata. Maharishi Kripacharya was born in the Gautama line as the twin brother of Kripi and was raised under royal protection after King Shantanu found the children. He became the acharya of the Kuru princes, survived the Kurukshetra War, and was later installed as preceptor to King Parikshit. “Kripa, the…