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A04. Introduction: Dharma, Heroes and Villains

Assembly of Warriors, the Ashwamedha, source: Harvard Art Museum, www.theindiaforum.in, access date: Jan.31, 2023
A04. Introduction: Dharma, Heroes and Villains

First revision: Jan.31, 2023
Last change: Oct.4, 2024
Searched, Gathered, Rearranged, Translated, and Compiled by Apirak Kanchanakongkha.
 

Elder statesman Bhīṣhma Lying down, praying to God, body not touching the floor. Because an arrow supported it. Picture from the southwest corner pavilion, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, taken on October 20, 2018.



Bhīṣma, Pitāmaha, Gangaputra, or Devavrata, source: www.quora.com, access date: Aug.05, 2022.


Karṇa and Kunti (when Mother Kunti reveals to Karṇa that he is her first son and, therefore, the eldest of the Pandava brothers), source: www.art-ma.com, access date: Nov.09, 2022.

 

King Dhṛtarāṣṭra listening to Sanjay narrating the events of the war, source: www.bloggang.com, access date: Aug.8, 2022


Bas relief of Droṇa, Picture from the southwest corner pavilion, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, taken on October 16, 2017.
 

This is a picture showing three important people of the Kauravas: Duryodhana (center), Duḥśāsana (left), and Vikarṇa (right). The source is en.wikipedia.org, and the access date is October 30, 2023.
 

Actor Amitabh Bachchan as Aśvatthāman in Bollywood Movies "Kalki - 2898 A.D.", source: www.bollywoodhungama.com, access date: Oct.4, 2024.




References:
01. from. "The Illustrated Mahabharata: A Definitive Guide to India's Greatest Epic," ISBN: 978-0-2412-6434-8, Penguin Random House, 2017, Printed and bound in China, www.dk.com.
02. from. "The Mahābhārata," an abridged translation by JOHN D. SMITH, ISBN: 978-0-140-44681-4, PENGUIN BOOKS, 2009, printed in the United States of America, www.penguin.com.
03. from. "The Mahabharata: Complete 18 volumes," Veda Vyasa, Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. [1883-1896], Published in 2021 by Sanzani Publishing.
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