Vidura, the Glossary
Vidura, also known as Kshatri, plays a key role in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.[1]
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46 relations: Ambalika, Ambika (Mahabharata), Arthashastra, Bhishma, Chanakya, Dharma, Dhritarashtra, Draupadi, Drona, Duryodhana, Gandhari (Mahabharata), Hastinapur, Hindi, Impalement, Kaka Vidura, Karna, Kaurava, Kripa, Krishna, Kunti, Kuru Kingdom, Kurukshetra War, Lakshagriha, Mahabharata, Mandavya, Narada, Niyoga, Pandava, Pandu, Prime minister, Ramayana, Rambhadracharya, Sanatsujatiya, Sanjaya, Shuka, Udyoga Parva, Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer, Vibhishana, Vichitravirya, Vikarna, Vishnu, Visual impairment, Vyasa, Yama, Yudhishthira, Yuyutsu.
Ambalika
Ambalika is the queen of Kuru Kingdom in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Ambalika are characters in the Mahabharata.
Ambika (Mahabharata)
Ambika is the queen of Kuru Kingdom in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Ambika (Mahabharata) are characters in the Mahabharata.
See Vidura and Ambika (Mahabharata)
Arthashastra
The Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्रम्) is an Ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, political science, economic policy and military strategy.
Bhishma
Bhishma, also known as Pitamaha, Gangaputra, and Devavrata, was a prince and commander of ancient Indian Kuru kingdom and is a major character of the epic Mahabharata and the protagonist of the Bhishma Parva episode. Vidura and Bhishma are characters in the Mahabharata.
Chanakya
Chanakya (ISO:,; 375–283 BCE) was an ancient Indian polymath who was active as a teacher, author, strategist, philosopher, economist, jurist, and politician.
Dharma
Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.
Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra (धृतराष्ट्र, ISO-15919: Dhr̥tarāṣṭra) was a Kuru king, and the father of the Kauravas in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Dhritarashtra are characters in the Mahabharata.
Draupadi
Draupadi (Daughter of Drupada), also referred to as Krishnā, Panchali, and Yajnaseni, was the queen of ancient Kuru Kingdom, and the eldest wife of Kuru King Yudhishthira, along with his four brothers (Pandava)— Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. Vidura and Draupadi are characters in the Mahabharata.
Drona
Droṇa (द्रोण), also referred to as Dronacharya (द्रोणाचार्य), is a major character of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Drona are characters in the Mahabharata.
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Duryodhana
Duryodhana (दुर्योधन), also known as Suyodhana, is the primary antagonist in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the eldest of the Kauravas, the hundred sons of the king Dhritarashtra and his queen Gandhari. Vidura and Duryodhana are characters in the Mahabharata.
Gandhari (Mahabharata)
Gandhari is a prominent figure in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. Vidura and Gandhari (Mahabharata) are characters in the Mahabharata.
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Hastinapur
Hastinapur is a city in the Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.
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Impalement
Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, is the penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by the complete or partial perforation of the torso.
Kaka Vidura
Kākā Vidura (काका विदुर) is a Hindi minor poem composed by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (born 1950) in the year 1980.
Karna
Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: Karṇa), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Vidura and Karna are characters in the Mahabharata.
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Kaurava
Kaurava is a Sanskrit term which refers to descendants of Kuru, a legendary king of India who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Kaurava are characters in the Mahabharata.
Kripa
Kripa (lit), also known as Kripacharya (कृपाचार्य), is a figure in Hindu mythology. Vidura and Kripa are characters in the Mahabharata.
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Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism. Vidura and Krishna are characters in the Mahabharata.
Kunti
Kunti (कुन्ती), born Pritha (पृथा), was the queen of Kuru in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Kunti are characters in the Mahabharata.
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Kuru Kingdom
Kuru was a Vedic Indo-Aryan tribal union in northern Iron Age India of the Bharatas and other Puru clans.
Kurukshetra War
The Kurukshetra War (कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध), also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, arising from a dynastic struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura.
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Lakshagriha
Lakshagriha (translit), also called the House of Lacquer, is a palace made of lacquer featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
Mandavya
Mandavya, also called Aṇi Māṇḍavya, is a sage in Hinduism. Vidura and Mandavya are characters in the Mahabharata.
Narada
Narada (नारद), or Narada Muni, is a sage-divinity, famous in Hindu traditions as a travelling musician and storyteller, who carries news and enlightening wisdom.
Niyoga
Niyoga (नियोग) was a Hindu practice, primarily followed during the ancient period.
Pandava
The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Pandu
Pandu (pale) was the king of Kuru Kingdom, with capital at Hastinapur in the epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Pandu are characters in the Mahabharata.
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Prime minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.
Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Rambhadracharya
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Pandit Giridhar on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India.
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Sanatsujatiya
The Sānatsujātiya refers to a portion of the Mahābhārata, a Hindu epic.
Sanjaya
Sanjaya (Sanskrit: सञ्जय, meaning "victory") or Sanjaya Gavalgana is a figure from the ancient Indian Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Vidura and Sanjaya are characters in the Mahabharata.
Shuka
Shuka (शुक, also Shukadeva) is a rishi (sage) in Hinduism.
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Udyoga Parva
The Udyoga Parva (उद्योग पर्वः), or the Book of Effort, is the fifth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahābhārata.
Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer
Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer (Malayalam: ഉള്ളൂർ എസ്. പരമേശ്വര അയ്യർ; 6 June 1877 – 15 June 1949), born Sambasivan but popularly known as Ulloor, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a historian.
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Vibhishana
Vibhishana is the younger brother of Ravana, the King of Lanka, in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
Vichitravirya
Vichitravirya (lit) is a figure in the Mahabharata, where he is featured as a Kuru king. Vidura and Vichitravirya are characters in the Mahabharata.
Vikarna
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Vikarna (विकर्ण) was the third Kaurava, a son of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, and a brother to the crown prince Duryodhana. Vidura and Vikarna are characters in the Mahabharata.
Vishnu
Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
Visual impairment
Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception.
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Vyasa
Krishna Dvaipayana (कृष्णद्वैपायन), better known as Vyasadeva(lit) or Veda Vyasa (lit), is a revered ''rishi'' (sage) portrayed in most Hindu traditions. Vidura and Vyasa are characters in the Mahabharata.
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Yama
Yama (lit), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka.
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Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata. Vidura and Yudhishthira are characters in the Mahabharata.
Yuyutsu
Yuyutsu in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was a son of Dhritarashtra with sugadha in later retelling). He was the paternal half - sibling to Gandhari's children: Duryodhana and the rest of the 99 Kaurava brothers and their sister, Dushala. He was only son of Dhritarashtra to fight for Pandavas. Vidura and Yuyutsu are characters in the Mahabharata.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidura
Also known as Vidhur, Vidhura, Vidhuran, Vidur.