Bhagadatta
Sign in to saveBhagadatta () is a character in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. was the son of Naraka, the king of Pragjyotisha in Hindu History. Bhagadatta was born from a limb of the asura called Bashkala. He was a renowned warrior, and was known to be a great friend of Indra. When Arjuna embarked on a conquest to help his brother Yudhishthira perform the rajasuya yajna, Bhagadatta was one of the first kings to be conquered by him.
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- Bhagadatta
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- Information
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- File:Bhagadatta fighting with Bhima.JPG
- Character.children
- Vajradatta and Pushpadatta (sons)
- Character.family
- Narakasura (Father)
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- A sculpture of Bhagadatta, seated on Supratika and fighting with Bhima, at the Chennakesava Temple, Belur.
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- A sculpture at the Chennakesava Temple, Belur.
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Bhagadatta () is a character in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. was the son of Naraka, the king of Pragjyotisha in Hindu History. Bhagadatta was born from a limb of the asura called Bashkala. He was a renowned warrior, and was known to be a great friend of Indra. When Arjuna embarked on a conquest to help his brother Yudhishthira perform the rajasuya yajna, Bhagadatta was one of the first kings to be conquered by him.
The Mahabharata also links Bhagadatta with the Yavanas. One passage of the Sabha Parva describes him as the mighty ruler of the mlecchas who came with the Yavanas (), while another, in K. M. Ganguli's translation, refers to him as "that king of the Yavanas ... who is called Bhagadatta". The word Yavana is generally understood to derive from Ionian and in early Indian usage commonly denoted Greeks.
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