Mahabharata Online Quiz Practice Flashcards

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on the Mahabharata Online Quiz Question Bank, covering key figures, relations, divine events, and terminology from the epic.

Veda Vyasa

The sage who composed the Mahabharata.

Lord Ganesha

The one who wrote the Mahabharata as composed by sage Veda Vyasa.

Navel of Lord Vishnu

The place from which Lord Brahma appeared.

Janamejaya

The son of King Parikshit and the ruler of Hastinapura.

Daksha

The father of Kadru and Vinata.

Abhimanyu

The son of Arjuna and Subhadra, and the father of King Parikshit.

Kurma

The form assumed by Lord Vishnu during the churning of the milk ocean.

Mt Mandara

The mountain used as a churning rod during the churning of the milk ocean.

Vasuki

The serpent who served as the churning rope for the milk ocean.

Neelakantha

A name for Lord Shiva, meaning the one who consumed the Kaalakuta/Halahala poison from the milk ocean.

Mohini

The form assumed by Lord Vishnu to distribute the nectar after the churning of the milk ocean.

Rahu

The demon beheaded by Lord Vishnu for drinking the nectar.

Garuda

The son of Vinata and the divine vehicle of Lord Vishnu, blessed with immortality without drinking nectar.

Sheshanaga (Anantasesha)

The one directed by Lord Brahma to raise the Earth on its hoods; Balarama is considered his expansion.

Sage Shringi

The son of Shamika Rsi who cursed King Parikshit.

Sarpa yajna

The sacrifice performed by King Janamejaya to avenge the death of his father, Parikshit.

Indra Deva

The deity whose protection Takshaka sought during the Sarpa yajna, and the divine power by which Arjuna was born.

Sage Parashara

The father of sage Vyasa Deva.

Satyavati

The mother of sage Vyasa Deva and later the wife of King Shantanu.

Parasurama

The sage who killed all Kshatriyas on Earth $21$ times and taught the art of warfare to Bhishma and Dronacharya.

Hiranyakashipu

The father of Prahlada, born as the son of Diti, who was later reborn as Shishupala.

Viprachitti

The demon who was born on earth as Jarasandha.

Kamsa

The man the demon Kalanemi was reborn as.

Bharadwaja

The father of Dronacharya.

Kripi

The wife of Dronacharya.

Shantanu

The father of Bhishma, Chitrangada, and Vichitravirya.

Pandu

The younger brother of King Dhritarashtra and the father of the Pandavas.

Duryodhana

The firstborn son of King Dhritarashtra and Gandhari.

Yudhishthira

The son of Dharma (Lord Yama) and Kunti, known as the eldest Pandava.

Bhima

The son of Kunti born by the divine powers of Vayu Deva.

Nakula and Sahadeva

The Pandavas born by the divine powers of the Ashwini Kumaras.

Pritha

The actual name of Kunti Devi.

Karna

The son of Kunti Devi and Surya Deva, born with divine armour and earrings.

Bharata

The son of Shakuntala and King Dushyanta, after whom India is named.

Devavrata

The original name of Bhishma, the son of Ganga and Shantanu.

Brahmachari

The pledge taken by Devavrata to remain celibate all his life to facilitate the marriage of Shantanu and Satyavati.

Chitrangada and Vichitravirya

The two sons born to Satyavati after her marriage to King Shantanu.

Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika

The three daughters of the king of Kashi abducted by Bhishma.

Dhritarashtra

The son of sage Vyasa and Ambika who was born blind.

Vidura

The son of sage Vyasa and a maidservant, who was an incarnation of Dharmaraja.

Gandhari

The wife of Dhritarashtra who was blessed with a hundred sons by Sage Vyasa.

Dushala

The name of the daughter of Gandhari and Dhritarashtra.

Sage Kindama

The sage who cursed Pandu that he would die the moment he cohabited with his wife.

Sage Durvasa

The sage who gifted Kunti a mantra for invoking deities and who later visited the Pandavas in the forest with $10000$ disciples.

Draupadi

The princess of Panchala who emerged from a holy fire during Drupada's yajna and married the Pandavas.

Madri

The second wife of Pandu who became a Sati after his death.

Ekalavya

The archer who mastered skills by practicing before an idol of Dronacharya and gave his thumb as gurudakshina.

Angadesha

The kingdom of which Karna was made king by Duryodhana.

Palace of Lac

The structure from which the Pandavas escaped unhurt via a tunnel.

Hidimbi

The sister of the demon Hidimban who married Bhima.

Ghatotkacha

The son of Bhima and Hidimbi who assisted the Pandavas during their pilgrimage in the Himalayas.

Sage Dhaumya

The royal priest of the Pandavas.

Indraprastha

The capital city of the Pandavas, which is presently known as Delhi.

$$12$$

The number of years Arjuna spent in exile for entering a room where Yudhishthira and Draupadi were in private.

$$18$$

The number of days the Mahabharata war was fought and the number of chapters in the Bhagavad Gita.

Sudarshana Chakra

The weapon gifted to Lord Krishna by Agni Deva.

Gandiva

The bow gifted to Arjuna by Varuna Deva.

Bhishma Parva

The Parva of the Mahabharata that contains the Bhagavad Gita.

Vishnu Sahasranama

The thousand names of Vishnu spoken by Bhishma to Yudhishthira Maharaja.

Shakuni

The person who advised Duryodhana to challenge Yudhishthira to a game of dice.

Dushasana

The son of Dhritarashtra who dragged Draupadi by her hair and attempted to strip her in the royal court.

$$13$$

The total number of years the Pandavas were sent into exile, with the final year spent in disguise (incognito).

Akshayapatra

The inexhaustible food vessel gifted to Yudhishthira by the Sun god.

Pashupatastra

The divine weapon gifted to Arjuna by Lord Shiva after his penance in the Himalayas.

Urvashi

The nymph who cursed Arjuna to become a eunuch for $1$ year.

Sage Kapila

The sage who reduced the $60,000$ sons of King Sagara to ashes.

Bhagiratha

The sage whose request led Lord Shiva to reduce the impact of the river Ganga as it fell to Earth.

Kartavirya Arjuna (Sahasrabahu Arjuna)

The king with a thousand hands who was killed by Parasurama.

Vaishampayana

The person who narrated the Mahabharata to King Janamejaya.

Ashtavakra

The scholar born with eight curves in his body who defeated King Janaka's priest in a debate.

Panchajanya

The name of Sri Krishna's conchshell.

Jayadratha

The brother-in-law of Duryodhana who abducted Draupadi and was later punished by having his head tonsured into five tufts.