Whose name is this? - Page 31

Chekitana, son of Dristaketu- Patronymic of Vrshni clan

Also used for Krishna (Mahavishnu)

Kṛṣṇa was called Vārṣṇeya often because Vṛṣṇi was his great-great-grandfather. An etymology from MahāViṣṇu isn't logical or necessary.

Cekitāna is called Vārṣṇeya, but the text never explains how he was descended from Vṛṣṇi. The text of Harivaṃśa's genealogical section is damaged and incomplete. A couple of Purāṇas say that one of the five Kekaya brothers was named Cekitāna, but this is contradicted by Droṇaparvan 9.50-52, where Cekitāna is distinct from the five Kekaya brothers. Cekitāna is never identified as Dhṛṣṭaketu's son in Mahābhārata. Dhṛṣṭaketu and his father Śiśupāla are not called Vārṣṇeya, although Śrutaśravas being Vārṣṇeyī would have allowed her son and grandson to be called Vārṣṇeyya (with a yya, not ya).

Vārṣṇeya was also the name of Nala's chariot-driver, entrusted by Damayantī with her children. The name Vārṣṇeya also appears in a list of mountain people who brought tribute to Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya and were turned away from the door.

Can you name two other characters who are called Vārṣṇeya? And ...

96. Which two characters are called Vārṣṇeyī?

The other two characters who are called Varshneya

Balarama

Yuyudhana Satyaki

Satyaki? Arjun ka shishya? 😆

Yes, the same guy.😆

Subhadra and Kunti have been called Varshneyi.

All correct!

97. Whose name was Gautamīsuta?

May be Ashwatthama, since Kripi would be Gautami

Correct!

98. Whose name was Yajñaśīla?

Yudhishthira as called by Arjuna

Arjuna, introducing Yudhiṣṭhira to Virāṭa, uses the word yajñaśīla in a list of noble habits. The word is also used to describe earlier kings like Kuru and Avikṣit. However, it isn't their name.

Who was the character known by the name Yajñaśīla?