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Śalya
Sign in to saveShalya (, lit. Pike) is a major character in the Mahabharata, one of two Sanskrit epics of Ancient India. He was a powerful king from the Bahlika clan, ruling over the Madra kingdom in the Northwest region of the Indian subcontinent. Although he was the brother of Madri, the wife of Pandu, Shalya sided with the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War. Despite his allegiance, he supported the Pandavas and wished for their victory. While he initially fought as a key warrior for the Kauravas, he was made Karna’s charioteer and, following Karna’s death, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Kaura
Key facts
- Character.info hdr
- Information
- Character.image
- File:Shalya in Kurukshetra (cropped).jpg
- Character.caption
- Shalya driving the chariot of Karna (cropped), Pahari painting, c. 1820
- Character.weapon
- Spear and Gada
- Character.children
- Rukmangada and Rukmaratha
- Character.affiliation
- Kauravas
- Character.origin
- Madra
- Character.series
- Mahabharata
- Character.family
- Madri (sister)
- Character.relatives
- Nakula and Sahadeva (nephews), Pandu (brother-in-law)
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Epithets
- Early life and relations
- Allegiance to Duryodhana
- Role in the Kurukshetra War
- Participation in the battle
- Charioteer of Karna
- Commander-in-chief and death
- Previous birth
- References
Shalya (, lit. Pike) is a major character in the Mahabharata, one of two Sanskrit epics of Ancient India. He was a powerful king from the Bahlika clan, ruling over the Madra kingdom in the Northwest region of the Indian subcontinent. Although he was the brother of Madri, the wife of Pandu, Shalya sided with the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra War. Despite his allegiance, he supported the Pandavas and wished for their victory. While he initially fought as a key warrior for the Kauravas, he was made Karna’s charioteer and, following Karna’s death, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava forces. Shalya was killed by the eldest Pandava, Yudhishthira.
== Epithets == Shalya is referred to by various epithets, including: Artayani Balhika Pungava Madradhipa Madraja Madrajanadhipa Madraka Madraraj Sauvira