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Input (English): Context: Iravan, also known as Iravat and Iravant, is a minor character from the Hindu epic of Mahabharata. The son of Pandava prince Arjuna (one of the main heroes of the Mahabharata) and the Naga princess Ulupi, Iravan is the central deity of the cult of Kuttantavar which is also the name commonly given to him in that cultand plays a major role in the cult of Draupadi. Both these cults are of South Indian origin, from a region of the country where he is worshipped as a village deity and is known as Aravan (Arav). He is also a patron god of well-known transgender communities called "Ali" (also "Aravani" in South India, and "Hijra" throughout South Asia)., Karna (Sanskrit: , IAST transliteration: "Kara"), originally known as Vasusena, is one of the central characters in the Hindu epic "Mahbhrata". The epic describes him as the king of Anga (present day Bhagalpur and Munger). Karna was one of the greatest warriors, whose martial exploits are recorded in the epic, and the only warrior believed to be able to defeat Arjuna in battle, an admiration expressed by Lord Krishna and Bhishma within the body of this work. Karna's Digvijaya Yatra, a campaign in which he conquered all kings in every direction of the world, was instrumental in establishing Duryodhana as the emperor of the world and to conduct the Vaishnava sacrifice., Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism. It has historically been used as a geographical, cultural, rather than a religious identifier for people indigenous to South Asia., The Kurukshetra War, also called the "Mahabharata War", is a war described in the Indian epic Mahabharata. The conflict arose from a dynastic succession struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura in an Indian kingdom called Kuru. It involved a number of ancient kingdoms participating as allies of the rival groups., Kurukshetra is a city in the state of Haryana, India. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Holy Place"). According to the Puranas, Kurukshetra is a region named after King Kuru, the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas, as depicted in epic Mahabharata. The importance of the place is attributed to the fact that the Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata was fought on this land and the Bhagavad Gita was preached here during the war when Lord Krishna found Arjuna in a terrible dilemma. The population of Kurukshetra was 964,655 in 2016., Babruvahana or Babhruvahana is a character in the Mahabharata. He is one of the sons of Arjuna, begotten through Chitrangada, the princess of Manipur (present state of northeast india,Manipur or Kangleipak) during the period of his exile at Manipur., In the Mahabharata epic, Pandu ("Pu", lit. "yellowish", "whitish", "pale" ), was the king of Hastinapur, was the son of Ambalika and Vyasa. He is more popularly known as the earthly father of the Pandavas. He was said to be a great warrior and expanded his kingdom during his rule., Kaurava is a Sanskrit term, that refers to the descendants of Kuru, a legendary king who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the Mahbhrata. The well-known Kauravas are Duryodhana, Dushasana, Vikarna, Yuyutsu and Dussala., Draupadi is one of the most important female characters in the Hindu epic, "Mahabharata". According to the epic, she is the daughter of Drupada, King of Panchala., The Bhagavad Gita ("" in IAST, ; lit. "Song of the Lord"), often referred to as 
simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic "Mahabharata" (chapters 25 - 42 of the 6th book of Mahabharata)., Ulp or Uloopi (also known as Uluchi or Uloochi), is a character in the Hindu epic "Mahabharata". The daughter of Kouravya, the king of serpents, she was the second among the four wives of Arjuna. She also finds a mention in the "Vishnu Purana" and the "Bhagavata Purana"., In the Mahabharata, a Hindu epic text, the Pandavas are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu, by his two wives Kunti and Madri, who was the princess of Madra. Their names are Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva. All five brothers were married to the same woman, Draupadi., Devanagari (, a compound of ""deva"" and ""ngar"" ; Hindi pronunciation: ), also called Nagari ("Ngar"), is an abugida (alphasyllabary) alphabet of India and Nepal. It is written from left to right, has a strong preference for symmetrical rounded shapes within squared outlines, and is recognisable by a horizontal line that runs along the top of full letters. In a cursory look, the Devanagari script appears different from other Indic scripts such as Bengali, Oriya, or Gurmukhi, but a closer examination reveals they are very similar except for angles and structural emphasis., Hastinapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh., Duryodhana is a major character in the Hindu epic "Mahabharata" and was the eldest of the Kauravas, the hundred sons of blind king Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari. Despite being the first born son of the incumbent king, he becomes disqualified as heir to the throne of Hastinapura upon the return of his cousins, the Pandavas, who left their rural forest dwelling upon the death of their father Pandu, the preceding king of Hastinapura and younger brother to Dhrithrashtra. His resultant animosity towards his cousins renders Duryodhana the chief antagonist of the epic. Karna was the closest friend of Duryodhana. Notably, Duryodhana, with significant assistance from Karna, performs Digvijaya Yatra when the Pandavas are in exile, conquering all kings in every direction of the world, establishing himself as the emperor of the world., India, officially the Republic of India ("Bhrat Gaarjya"), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia. Its capital is New Delhi; other metropolises include Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad., A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign on state occasions; or the seat occupied by a pope or bishop on ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can also refer to the monarchy or the Crown itself, an instance of metonymy, and is also used in many expressions such as "the power behind the throne"., In the "Mahabharata", Dhritarashtra (Sanskrit: , "dhtarshtra"; lit. "a good king") is the King of Hastinapur at the time of the Kurukshetra War, the epic's climactic event. He was born the son of Vichitravirya's first wife Ambika, and was fathered by Veda Vyasa. Dhritarashtra was blind from birth, and became father to one hundred sons (and one daughter) by his wife Gandhari (Gndhr), with Yuyutsu. These children, including the eldest son Duryodhana, came to be known as the Kauravas. Throughout his reign as King of Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra was torn between the principles of dharma and his love for his son Duryodhana, and often ended up endorsing his son's actions merely out of fatherly love. Dhritarashtra appears in "Mahbhrata" sections that have been circulated as separate scriptures, most notably the "Bhagavad Gita", whose dialogue was narrated to him., Subhadra (IAST: Subhadr) is a character in the Mahabharata written by Vyasa. According to the epic, she was younger sister of Krishna and Balarama, wife of Arjuna and mother of Abhimanyu., Krishna (Sanskrit: , "" in IAST, pronounced ) is a major Hindu deity worshiped in a variety of different perspectives. Krishna is recognized as the Svayam Bhagavan in his own right or as the absolute incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Krishna is one of the most widely worshiped and popular of all Hindu deities. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) of the month of Shraavana in the Hindu calendar., The Samsaptakas where a group of warriors in the Kurukshetra War formed to kill Arjuna , the foremost warrior among the Pandavas . This army consisted of thousands of chariots and elephants , and tens of thousands of horses and infantry warriors . All of them were very brave , difficult to be vanquished and followed the motto `` Kill Arjuna or to be killed by Arjuna '' . They promised themselves to fight until death and to strive together to fulfil their objective of killing Arjuna thus bringing victory to Duryodhana ., Arjuna (in Devanagari:  "") along with Krishna is the protagonist of the ancient Indian epic "Mahabharata" and plays a key role in the Bhagavad Gita alongside Krishna. He was the third of the Pandava brothers and was married to Draupadi, Ulupi, Chitrangada and Subhadra (Krishna's sister) at different times. His children included Srutakarma, Iravan, Babruvahana, and Abhimanyu., The Mahabharata or Mahbhrata (US ; UK  "") is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the "Ramayana"., Subject: samsaptakas, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) 25 (B) abugida (C) antagonist (D) area (E) bay (F) book (G) campaign (H) capital (I) character (J) character in the mahabharata (K) city (L) country (M) cousins (N) crown (O) cult (P) day (Q) death (R) deity (S) devanagari (T) direction (U) district (V) dwelling (W) emphasis (X) epic (Y) examination (Z) five ([) forest (\) four (]) geographical (^) good (_) heroes (`) hindu scripture (a) hundred (b) india (c) king (d) month (e) nagar panchayat (f) name (g) part (h) period (i) person (j) population (k) queen (l) republic (m) role (n) script (o) seat (p) sense (q) share (r) song (s) state (t) term (u) text (v) throne (w) town (x) transliteration (y) two (z) variety ({) war (|) work
Output (English): character in the mahabharata