51 Lesser Known Tales From the Mahabharata (Mahabharata Companion, #1)

by Sharath Komarraju

the word ‘vijaya’ signifies victory over external events, while the word ‘jaya’ means victory over self.

Jaya is also another name for the mahabharat epic

Dushala,

Sole sister of the Kauravas

Vridhakshtra

Amba

Shikhandini

Vasuki.

The multipurpose snake ..used perennially as a piece of cosmic rope

Satyavrata.

Bhasmasura,

Iravan

Bhrigu

This was during the time when the king of the Demons was Vrishparva, and his daughter, Sharmishtha,

Which explains a devilish colleagues

Jambavati,

the other wife of Krishna, first being Rukmini

Rukmini.

Kashyapa

Diti and Aditi,

Satyavati

great-grandmother of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.

out-of-wedlock son, Vyasa,

Happens a lot all over our mythologies

Pashupatastra

Faust, he is the protagonist of a German legend, in which a highly successful yet dissatisfied scholar makes a pact with the devil to give up his soul in exchange for a life of unlimited knowledge, power and pleasure.

Jamadagni

father of Parashurama,

Shukracharya

Brihaspati,

Anasuya,

with Ahalya, Kunti, Draupadi, Sita, Mandodari and Tara,

Dattatreya,

Kalpavriksha

Kamadhenu

Nandini’s

Dusshala.

Trishanku,

Rambha, Urvasi, Menaka and Tilottama.

kinnaras

Kinnari

Ganabandhu,

Tripurantaka

Shakuntala.