Dhṛtarāshṭra
Dhṛtarāshṭra
Dhṛtarāshṭra is a name used for more than one king and being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Dhṛtarāshṭra: the blind king of Hastināpura, father of Duryodhana and the hundred Kauravas, and elder brother of Pāṇḍu. Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Sambhava Parva, Chapters 103–140; Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Dyūta Parva and Anudyūta Parva, Chapters 47–81; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 8–10, 13; Skandha 3, Chapters 1, 3, 20; Skandha 9, Chapter 22; Skandha 10, Chapters 48–49, 57, 68, 74, 82, 84; Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapters 9–10; Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Chapters 70–71, 85–86, 89, 95; Mahābhārata, Strī Parva, Chapters 1–15; Mahābhārata, Bhīshma Parva; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīshma Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapters 167–168; Mahābhārata, Aśvamedhika Parva, Chapters 1–2; Mahābhārata, Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapters 1–25; Mahābhārata, Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapters 26–39; Mahābhārata, Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapters 4–5; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 13, 15, 278; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Section 1
- Dhṛtarāshṭra (Pañcāla King): a king of Pañcāla, named in the Baka-Dālbya Upākhyāna of the Śalya Parva. Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 44; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapter 18
- Dhṛtarāshṭra (Gandharva): a gandharva, the messenger Indra sent to King Marutta, and in the Bhavishya Purāṇa a gandharva with Bhagavān Sūrya in Māgha and Phālguna. Mahābhārata, Aśvamedhika Parva, Chapter 10; Mahābhārata, Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 31; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 52
Named in passing
- Dhṛtarāshṭra, the nāga: a great nāga, one of the eight who give abhaya and of the twelve worshipped in the twelve months, told on Nāgas in the Bhavishya Purāṇa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 32, 34, 36