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How many arrows did Bhishma take?
At the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Bhishma Pitahmah had to lie on the 1000 arrows that were hit at his body by Arjun. At the end of the first day when the battle for the day was over, Lord Krishna went to him.
Why did Bhishma not fall on the ground?
The hundreds of arrow punctured every limbs of Bhishma Pitamaha’s body- his hands, his legs and his thighs. But despite being pierced by so many arrows, he had a differnt fate awaiting him instead of death. Bhoomi Devi(The Earth) would not accept him, for he had lived too long – over four generations.
How many days Bhishma was on bed of arrows?
After exchanging greetings, Bhishma tells Yudhishthira that he had been on the bed of arrows for fifty-eight days and these had seemed like a hundred years to him (Mbh: Anushasana parva: adhyaya: 145: sloka: 27).
Who shot first arrow at Bhishma?
( Salutations to Lord Hari) ! Bhishma – one who always spoke truth and remained righteous- shot first arrow at Arjuna who responded by shooting an arrow that fell at Bhishma’s feet. It was Arjuna’s way to display his curtsy to his grand father .
How many lines are in the Mahabharata?
Its longest version consists of over 100,000 śloka or over 200,000 individual verse lines (each shloka is a couplet), and long prose passages. At about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, or about four times the length of the Rāmāyaṇa.
What are the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata?
Among the principal works and stories in the Mahābhārata are the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devyani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the Rāmāyaṇa, often considered as works in their own right.
Was there a Mahabharata in ancient India?
The Greek writer Dio Chrysostom (c. 40 – c. 120 CE) reported that Homer ‘s poetry was being sung even in India. Many scholars have taken this as evidence for the existence of a Mahābhārata at this date, whose episodes Dio or his sources identify with the story of the Iliad.
What is the name of the snake in the Mahabharata?
The Pañcavimśa Brahmana (at 25.15.3) enumerates the officiant priests of a sarpasattra among whom the names Dhṛtarāṣtra and Janamejaya, two main characters of the Mahābhārata’ s sarpasattra, as well as Takṣaka, the name of a snake in the Mahābhārata, occur.
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