Whose name is this? - Page 8

Originally posted by: devashree_h

What would be meaning of this whole name then? Dhristadyumna. Also, Dhrishtaketu would also be related to aggressive?

Answer is Shikhandi.

Correct: Śikhaṇḍin is the character most often indicated by the name Yājñaseni.

Dhṛṣṭadyumna means aggressive lustre, a fitting name for a warrior born of fire.

Dhṛṣṭaketu means aggressive flag. It can be interpreted as the warrior whose flag is aggressive, meaning that he bravely invades the enemy army and his flag can be seen surrounded by enemy flags. Or, it can mean the warrior who is like a flag, aggressively taller than his rivals.

24. What was the personal name of the character known as Sātyaki?

Correct! Yuyudhāna was the son of Satyaka.

25. Who was known as Nākuli?

Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour

Correct! Yuyudhāna was the son of Satyaka.

25. Who was known as Nākuli?

What is meaning of Yuyudhana and Satyaka?

Is it related to Pandava Nakul or some other Nakul?

Originally posted by: devashree_h

What is meaning of Yuyudhana and Satyaka?

Is it related to Pandava Nakul or some other Nakul?

Yuyudhāna = ready for battle

Satyaka = honest in practice

I know only two Nakulas in Mahābhārata. One is the Pāṇḍava and the other is the half-golden mongoose (nakula) that visits Yudhiṣṭhira's Aśvamedha. In Bhaṭṭa-Nārāyaṇa's play Veṇīsaṃhāra, Duryodhana overhears his wife Bhānumatī narrating her dream of a mongoose (nakula) ripping her bodice, and Duryodhana suspects that Bhānumatī is having an affair with Nakula.

Sorry, you wanted clarification?

Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour

Yuyudhāna = ready for battle

Satyaka = honest in practice

I know only two Nakulas in Mahābhārata. One is the Pāṇḍava and the other is the half-golden mongoose (nakula) that visits Yudhiṣṭhira's Aśvamedha. In Bhaṭṭa-Nārāyaṇa's play Veṇīsaṃhāra, Duryodhana overhears his wife Bhānumatī narrating her dream of a mongoose (nakula) ripping her bodice, and Duryodhana suspects that Bhānumatī is having an affair with Nakula.

Sorry, you wanted clarification?

Thanks, this was interesting. With every name in Mahābhārata, there is possibility to have multiple characters associated with it.

Is it Nakul's son Shatanika?

Fun addition, in Bengali the word yuyudhana is used for a person who is always ready for unnecessary conflicts, consequently, I always laugh even if I encounter the term used unironically 😆

Originally posted by: metacrisis

Fun addition, in Bengali the word yuyudhana is used for a person who is always ready for unnecessary conflicts, consequently, I always laugh even if I encounter the term used unironically 😆

I did not know this! Thanks for sharing.

I wonder whether the word is used this way in Bengali due to its literal meaning or due to Yuyudhāna's behaviour in Droṇaparvan, where he kills disabled Bhūriśravas and tries to kill Dhṛṣṭadyumna to the detriment of his own side in the war.

Originally posted by: devashree_h

Is it Nakul's son Shatanika?

Correct! Śatānīka is Nākuli.

26. Who was known as Yaudhiṣṭhira?