Bhishma
deity single tradition · 3
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1749 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in the Mahabharata.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- eight Vasus, Hidimba, Drona, Purochana, Vidura, Chitraratha, Dhaumya, Brahma
- manifested by
- Prabhāsa
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“In the Mahabharata, Ganga is the wife of Shantanu as well as the mother of the eight Vasus, including Bhishma. Ganga later leaves with Bhishma but gives him back to Shantanu when he is ten years old.”
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“Kunti and the children to Hastinapura, where they handed them over to the Kuru grandsire, Bhishma, recounting the events that had transpired. Yudhishthira and his brothers grew up in Hastinapura with their cousins, including Duryodhana, who clashed with Bhima”
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