Which weapon was used by yudhisthira?

Which weapon was used by yudhisthira?

Yudhishthira was trained in religion, science, administration and military arts by the Kuru preceptors, Kripa and Drona. Specifically, he became a master in using the spear and war chariot. It is said that his spear was so strong that it could penetrate a stone wall as though it were a piece of paper.

How did drona recover the ball from the well?

With a few blades of grass the ball was retrieved. They begged of him to take out the ring as well. Drona borrowed a bow, fixed an arrow to the string and sent it straight into the ring. The arrow curved back in its flight and brought the ring with it.

Did drona use Brahmastra?

Dronacharya tried to use Brahmastra, celestial powerful weapons against the Pandavas’ common foot-soldiers.

What weapon did Shiva give to Arjuna?

the Pashupatastra
Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati gave darshan to Arjuna and blessed him with the Pashupatastra.

What weapon did Karna have?

Vijaya (Sanskrit:विजय) meaning victory. It was a divine weapon or bow. The bow was created by Vishvakarma, the royal architect of gods or devas for Indra, the ruler of heaven. Lord Indra gifted this bow to Parashurama who later gave Vijaya to his student, Karna.

Who was the most powerful warrior in Mahabharata?

Arjuna: He was the son of Indra. He was the best archer and the greatest warrior of Mahabharata. He defeated great warriors like Bhishma, Drona, Ashwatthama, Karna, fairly but never got defeated by any of them. He remained unbeaten throughout the epic and thus he was invincible.

Who is the Guru of Pandavas?

Guru Dronacharya
Guru Dronacharya, teacher to the bickering Kauravas and Pandavas, was always just a benign, fatherly figure, torn between playing favourites and forced to be loyal to the kingdom of Hastinapur.

Did drona rejected Karna?

Karna was refused by Drona: Karna was very much a student of Drona. Only when it came to teaching the Brahmastra, did Drona refuse deciding that Karna did not have the maturity and the temperament to handle such a powerful weapon.

Why was Karna rejected by Dronacharya?

Dronacharya didn’t refuse to teach Karna because of his temperament. He refused to teach because, he doesn’t teach to anyone aside princes of Kuru clan. Karna aka Radheya being a charioeer’s son, wasn’t deserving enough to learn from him according to Dronacharya. That’s the same reason for him not teaching Eklavya too.

Who used Brahmastra in Mahabharata?

It is recorded in the Mahabharata that Ashwatthama and Arjun used this weapon each other. It is thought that the Brahmashirsha astra is the evolution of the Brahmastra, 4 times stronger than the Brahmastra. It is similar to modern day hydrogen bombs or thermonuclear (fusion) bombs.

Who is more powerful Karna or Arjuna?

Though abandoned at childhood, Karna had a far better life than Arjuna which he threw away himself because he sided with “adharma“. Karna had made his life’s mission to prove himself to Arjuna that he was the greatest of all warriors.

What is the Drona Parva in the Mahabharata?

An ancient battle is described in the Drona Parva, a section of the Mahabharata. “The passage tells of combat where explosions of final weapons decimate entire armies, causing crowds of warriors with steeds and elephants and weapons to be carried away as if they were dry leaves of trees,” says Ganguli.

Why did Drona revoke the weapon invoked during Mahabharata war?

During Mahabharata war Drona invoked this weapon to use it against Pandava army but due to the request of Gods and ancestors Drona revoked this weapon because it will completely annihilate the Pandava army who were fighting on the side of righteousness It is recorded in Mahabharata that Ashwatthama and Arjun used this weapon against each other.

How many lines are in the Mahabharata?

Its longest version consists of over 100,000 śloka or over 200,000 individual verse lines (each shloka is a couplet), and long prose passages. At about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, or about four times the length of the Rāmāyaṇa.

What is the significance of Hastinapur in Mahabharata?

The great epic of the Mahabharata is never complete without Hastinapur. A great city of power and wealth which the Kauravas ruled. Fought for by the Pandavas, the city was named after the Kuru King Hastin. A mighty city, elephantine in strength, with its own large army of elephants or hasti as they are called in Sanskrit.