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Posted: 11 years ago

#381

Originally posted by: .Vrish.
I have a question about Gandhari's pregnancy - is there any divine reason why it lasted 2 years? 😆

That was the discussion in the thread "Gandhari" . It was 15 months there. You increased it to 2 years.😆 The incubation in the pots took a further 2 years

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Posted: 11 years ago

#382

Originally posted by: Xarina

Thank you. It has answered one of my questions and opened up a number more 😊

And what are they?

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Posted: 11 years ago

#383

Originally posted by: varaali
Kunti's conception /s were a kind of Niyoga and according to the rules of Niyoga, AFAIK, the same couple could not meet a second time. A man (or Deva, in this case) could not father a second child with same woman, when practicing Niyoga.

And Kunti did not teach Madri the mantra. She was no Durvasa and transmitting a potent mantra needs advanced spiritual abilities. Kunti must have chanted the mantra and asked Madri to repeat the syllables, while thinking of the Deva /s she wanted to invoke.

Ambika was sent by Satyavati to Vyasa a second time, due to the first one being blind. It's a different issue that she sent her maid instead, b'cos had she been more accustomed to Vyasa by then and gone, she'd have had 2 children from Vyasa. So was there an exception - like if the first child was disabled?

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Posted: 11 years ago

#384

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Ambika was sent by Satyavati to Vyasa a second time, due to the first one being blind. It's a different issue that she sent her maid instead, b'cos had she been more accustomed to Vyasa by then and gone, she'd have had 2 children from Vyasa. So was there an exception - like if the first child was disabled?

Ummm...yes, you have a point here. AFAIK, disability, per se, should not be an exception. The exception if any, would be if a girl had been born out of such a union- since the paramount reason for resorting to Niyoga was to produce a son who would continue the lineage.

Actually I cannot understand Satyavati's motive here in sending Ambika a second time to Vyasa.

While Dritarashtra though blind, could still perform his father's (and eventually, his mother's) after-death ceremonies. So the main purpose for resorting to Niyoga was achieved.

Even if a healthy child had been born to Ambika, the second time around, that child would be younger to Pandu, and hence only second -in - line to the throne, after Pandu.

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#385

Originally posted by: varaali

Even if a healthy child had been born to Ambika, the second time around, that child would be younger to Pandu, and hence only second -in - line to the throne, after Pandu.

Pandu was born pale therefore not a healthy child. That could have been the reason for sending Ambika a second time in the hope of a healthier child , just in case Pandu did not survive long.

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Posted: 11 years ago

#386

Is Veda Vyasa's wife (and mother of Shukhadev) mentioned by name anywhere ? Devi Bhagavatham, for instance?

K M Munshi, in his 'Krishnavatara' says Veda Vyasa's wife's name is Vatika, the daughter of a great sage by the name 'Maha Atharvana Jabali' - from whom Veda Vyasa learnt the nuances of Atharvana Veda. But I would like a more authentic source.

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#387

It is said that Karna was born with a kavach and kundal. Now we know that no human is born with these so is there any explanation in this regard? Karna had to cut it off from his body when he donated it later on Indra's request.

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Arijit

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Posted: 11 years ago

#388

i think, karana's kavach and kundal was exoskeliton.

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Posted: 11 years ago

#389

Originally posted by: varaali

And what are they?

I wonder about lineage. Ambika and Ambilika may have given birth to sons but were they the rightful heirs of Hastinapur? How in the absence of a monarch was Hastinapur not invaded by other kings during that time? Beeshma may have been protector and warrior but he was not king.

Finally, did Gandari give birth to a tumour? As I previously stated please excuse my ignorance. They are just random questions that enter my head. If it is any consolation I query all religions too.

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Vrish

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Posted: 11 years ago

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I have another question about the succession laws. If a King died, who was next in line to the throne - his son, or brother? Did it follow the British model, where it would be (barring daughters) the king's eldest son, then all others, then the king's brother and so on?

Like in this case, would it have been Dhritarashtra, Duryodhan..., Pandu, Yudhisthir, Bhima, Arjun, Nakul, Sahadev (had Dhritarashtra not been born blind?)

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