Vidura
Sign in to saveVidura () is a major character in the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata (c. 400 BCE — 400 CE). He is described as the prime minister of the Kuru kingdom and is the paternal uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Key facts
- Character.info hdr
- Personal Information
- Character.image
- File:Vidura confers Dhritarashtra (cropped).jpg
- Character.caption
- A Pahari painting depicting Vidura (left) advising Dhritarashtra, c. 1820
- Character.weapon
- Sword
- Character.position
- Prime Minister of Kuru kingdom
- Character.affiliation
- Kuru dynasty
- Character.spouse
- A daughter of King Devaka
- Character.family
- Parents ' Half-brothers'''
- Character.children
- Unnamed sons and daughters
- Character.relatives
- Half-brother through Vyasa ''''
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Legend
- Mandavya's Curse
- Birth and early life
- Game of dice
- Krishna's visit
- Kurukshetra War
- Death
- Vidura Niti
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Vidura () is a major character in the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata (c. 400 BCE — 400 CE). He is described as the prime minister of the Kuru kingdom and is the paternal uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
==Legend==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vidura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.