Ashwatthama
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Ashwatthama, also referred to as Drauni, is the son of Drona and a major character in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata.
Ashwatthama (right) leaves after being forgiven by Draupadi and the Pandavas, 18th century Pahari miniature
Bhima kills an elephant named Ashwatthama. Folio from Razmnama.
Ashwattama gets arrested and is brought to Draupadi by Arjuna.
Mahabharata
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The Mahābhārata is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succession between two groups of princely cousins, the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas.
Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra
Krishna and Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18th–19th-century painting
Modern depiction of Vyasa narrating the Mahābhārata to Ganesha at the Murudeshwara temple, Karnataka.
Sauti recites the slokas of the Mahabharata.