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Shantanu is a character in the Mahabharata, described as the a ruler of the Kuru Kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Chandravamsha, and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Shantanu meets a beautiful woman, who turns out to be the goddess Ganga.
Shantanu meets a beautiful woman, who turns out to be the goddess Ganga.
Shantanu stops Ganga from drowning their eighth child, who later was known as Bhishma.
Shantanu stops Ganga from drowning their eighth child, who later was known as Bhishma.
Ganga presents her son Devavrata (the future Bhishma) to his father, Shantanu.
Ganga presents her son Devavrata (the future Bhishma) to his father, Shantanu.
Shantanu and Satyavati, painting by Raja Ravi Varma
Shantanu and Satyavati, painting by Raja Ravi Varma
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
Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra
Krishna and Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18th–19th-century painting
Krishna and Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18th–19th-century painting
Modern depiction of Vyasa narrating the Mahābhārata to Ganesha at the Murudeshwara temple, Karnataka.
Modern depiction of Vyasa narrating the Mahābhārata to Ganesha at the Murudeshwara temple, Karnataka.
Sauti recites the slokas of the Mahabharata.
Sauti recites the slokas of the Mahabharata.