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Asuras—demons
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| | Asura—an enemy of the demigods
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| | Asvatthama—the son of Drona
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| | BBahlika—the brother of King Santanu (Bhisma's father)
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| | Bali—a leader of the Asuras who became a great devotee of Lord Krsna
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| | Bharata—the dynasty descended from King Bharata; a member of that dynasty
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| | Bhisma—the grand-uncle of the Pandavas (though usually referred to as their grandfather)
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| | Bhisma—A respected elder of the Kuru dynasty, he is the uncle of Dhrtarastra, Pandu, and Vidura.
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| | Brahma—the first created being in the universe
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| | Brhaspati—the spiritual master of the demigods
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Daiteya—"son of Diti"
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| | Daityas—the demon sons of the progenitor Kasyapa and his wife Diti
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| | Danavas—the demon sons of Kasyapa and his wife Danu
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| | Dharma—the lord of religious principles (Yamaraja)
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| | Dhrtarastra—the uncle of the Pandavas whose blindness disqualified him from ascending the throne
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| | Draupadi—the wife of the five Pandava brothers
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| | Drona—the military teacher of the Pandavas and the Kurus
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| | Drupada—the father-in-law of the Pandavas
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| | Duhsasana—the second eldest Kuru (the sons of Dhrtarastra)
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| | Duryodhana—the eldest Kuru
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| | Dvaipayana—a name of Vyasadeva, the compiler of the Vedas
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Garuda—the divine eagle who carries Lord Visnu
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Indra—the king of the heavenly planets
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Janardana—Lord Krsna (other names of Krsna used here are Kesava, Govinda, and Vasudeva)
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| | Jayadratha—an ally of the Kuru's married to their sister, Duhsala
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Kailasa—the abode of Lord Siva
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| | Krpa—a great brahmana who became a general in the Kuru army
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| | Kunti—the mother of the Pandavas
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| | Kurus—the sons of Dhrtarastra and cousins of the Pandavas
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| | Kurus—The sons of both Pandu and Dhrtarastra (the uncle of the Pandavas who because of blindness could not become the king) descended from King Kuru, but the name Kurus usually refers to Dhrtarastra's sons, the eldest of whom is Duryodhana.
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Nakula—one of the five Pandava brothers (a twin)
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| | Narada—a liberated sage and great devotee of Krsna who freely travels the universe
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Pandavas—the five brothers Yudhisthira, Bhima (or Bhimasena), Arjuna, and the twins Nakula and Sahadeva
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| | Pandavas—Though the name Pandava means "son of Pandu," the five Pandavas were sired by demigods—the three eldest Pandavas (Yudhisthira, Bhima, and Arjuna) in the womb of King Pandu's wife Kunti, and the youngest (the twins, Nakula and Sahadeva) in the womb of Pandu's wife Madri. The Pandavas are sometimes called "Bharata" or "best of the Bharatas," because they come in the dynasty of King Bharata.
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| | Prtha—Kunti
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Raksasa—a class of demons
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Sahadeva—one of the five Pandavas (a twin)
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| | Sanjaya—Dhrtarastra's secretary
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| | Sisupala—a cousin of Krsna's
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| | Somadatta—the son of Bahlika
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| | Sthanu—Lord Siva
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| | Siva—Lord Krsna's partial expansion who ultimately destroys the universe
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| | Subhadra—Lord Krsna's sister
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Vidura—Dhrtarastra's brother and a saintly well-wisher of the Pandavas
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| | Visvakarma—the architect of the demigods
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| | Vivimsati—one of Dhrtarastra's one hundred sons
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| | Vrtra—a powerful demon once defeated by Indra (Vrtra was in fact a devotee cursed to be a demon for one lifetime.)
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Yama—the lord of death
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| | Yudhisthira—the eldest of the Pandava brothers
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