Q:Information: - The Adi Parva or the Book of the Beginning is the first of eighteen books of the Mahabharata. is a Sanskrit word that means first. - Anga ("") was a kingdom that flourished on the eastern Indian subcontinent from c. 12th to 6th century BCE until it was annexed by the kingdom of Magadha in the same century. Counted among the "sixteen great nations" ("solas Mahajanapadas") in Buddhist texts like the Anguttara Nikaya, Anga also finds mention in the Jain Vyakhyaprajnaptis list of ancient janapadas. According to Mahabharata, Karna ruled the Kingdom during the period. - 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. - 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. - Adhiratha was the foster father of Karna and the chief charioteer of King Dhritrashtra . But as per Srimad Bhagavatam , Adhiratha descended from Yayati and therefore was related to Krishna . He was also the descendant of Rompad , the king of Angdesh and brother - in - law of Maharaja Dashratha king of Ayodhya . His wife 's name was Radha ( Mahbhrata ) . They both had a son named Shon after Karna 's adoption , who became his younger foster brother . Karna as his son was also called as Sootputra Karna . - The Mahabharata or Mahbhrata (US ; UK "") is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the "Ramayana". - 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. - In Mahabharata, Kunti (Kunt) or Pritha was the daughter of Shurasena, and the foster daughter of his cousin Kuntibhoja. She is the sister of Krishna Vasudeva. She was married to king Pandu of Hastinapur and was the mother of Karna and the Pandava brothers Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna. She is often regarded as a female protagonist of Mahabharata along with her daughter-in-law. - Radha was the foster mother of Karna,one of the central characters in the Hindu epic the Mahbhrata. She is not connected with goddess Radha. She was the wife of Adhiratha, chief charioteer of King Dhritrashtra. Kunti bore a son from Surya, the solar deity after accidentally invoking him but afraid of being an unwed mother she reluctantly abandoned the child. She placed the baby in a basket and set him afloat a river. The child later known as Karna was found and adopted by the couple. Adiratha and Radha became his foster parents. Karna as an adult expressed loyalty towards his foster mother as opposed to his royal birth mother Kunti who had abandoned him soon after birth. Hence, he is sometimes called "Radheya", meaning "Radha's son". She was also the mother of Shon. It was Guru Dronacharya who gave him the name karna. - Saketa in Sanskrit, or Saket in Hindi, means Heaven, thus a place where God resides. "Saket" can be alternatively used for Heaven or "Vaikuntha" in Hindu mythology, where liberated souls dwell. "Saketa" is also an alternative name for the ancient city of Ayodhya, an important Hindu religious place, the capital of Kosala and the birthplace of Lord Rama, the hero of epic "Ramayana". Also "Ajanavana", an ancient forest (deer park) near Saket (Ayodhya) was where Gautam Buddha once stayed and preached. - In the epic Mahabharata, Devavrata also known as Gangaputra and Bhishma (Sanskrit: ) [3901BC - 3101BC] was well known for his celibate pledge, the eighth son of Kuru King Shantanu, who was blessed with wish-long life and had sworn to serve the ruling Kuru king and grand-uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas. He was an unparalleled archer and warrior of his time. He also handed down the Vishnu Sahasranama to Yudhishthira when he was on his death bed (of arrows) in the battlefield of Kurukshetra. He also belonged to the Sankriti Gotra. - 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. - Ayodhya (IAST "Ayodhy"), also known as Saket, is an ancient city of India, believed to be the birthplace of Rama and setting of the epic "Ramayana". It is adjacent to Faizabad city at the south end in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya used to be the capital of the ancient Kosala Kingdom. It has an average elevation of . - The Ramayana ("") is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana. Along with the "Mahabharata", it forms the Sanskrit "Itihasa". - Nahusha was a well-known king of the Aila dynasty. He was the son of Ayu, the eldest son of Pururavas and Prabha, the daughter of Svarbhanu. Nahusha reigned from Pratishthana. He married Viraja, the daughter of the Pitrs. They had six or seven sons, according to different Puranas. His eldest son Yati became a "muni" (ascetic). He was succeeded by his second son Yayati. In another variation of his story, he is said to have married Ashokasundari, a regional goddess who is said to be daughter of Shiva and Parvati and is said to have given birth to Yayati and a hundred daughters of Nahusha. - Rama (Sanskrit: "Rma") or Sr Rmachandra (Sanskrit : ) is the seventh avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. He is the central figure of the Hindu epic Ramayana, which is the principal narration of the events connected to his incarnation on Earth, his ideals and his greatness. Rama is one of the many deities in Hinduism and especially of the various Vaishnava sects. Religious texts and scriptures based on his life have been a formative component in numerous cultures of South and Southeast Asia. Along with Krishna, Rama is considered to be one of the most important avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric sects, he is considered the Supreme Being, rather than an avatar. - Yayati was a Puranic king and the son of King Nahusha and Ashokasundari. He was one of the ancestors of Pandavas. He had five brothers: Yati, Samyati, Ayati, Viyati and Kriti. Yayati had conquered the whole world and was the Chakravartin Samrat (Universal Monarch or World Emperor). He marries Devayani and takes Sharmishtha, daughter of king Vrishparva and maid of Devayani as his mistress on her request. Devayani was the daughter of Shukracharya, the priest of the Asuras (the demons). After hearing of his relationship with Sharmishtha, Devayani complains to her father Shukracharya, who in turn curses Yayati to old age in the prime of life, but later allows him to exchange it with his son, Puru. His story finds mention in the Mahabharata-Adi Parva and also Bhagavata Purana. What is the relationship between 'adhiratha' and 'mahabharata'?
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