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Ashvasena

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Ashvasena is the son of Takshaka. He attacked Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War to avenge the slaughter of his mother. Ashvasena is mentioned as born in the race of Airavata.

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co occurs with
Srutasena, Indra
enemy of
Arjuna
child of
Takshaka

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wikipedia (1)
  1. Takshaka

Source passages

“But Ashvasena, the mighty son of Takshaka, was there. Arjuna slew Takshaka's wife, the mother of Ashvasena. But Ashvasena escaped (1-229,230) (4,2). To revenge upon the slaughter of his mother, Ashvasena attacked Arjuna during Kurukshetra War (8,90) (9,61), while he was battling with Karna.”

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