Uttara (Mahabharata)
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In the Hindu
epic Mahabharata
, Uttarā or Anglicized as Uttara (उत्तरा) was the daughter of King Virata
, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was the sister of Uttara
.
It is also believed that Uttara had learnt dance from Arjuna as a princess during the 13th year of exile of the Pandavas in Virata's kingdom when Arjuna lived a life of a eunuch and practised his art of dance learnt from the apsaras in heavens. It is during this phase that Arjuna admired Uttara's qualities and later proposed her marriage to his son Abhimanyu.
Uttara married Arjuna's son Abhimanyu
. She was widowed at a very young age when Abhimanyu was killed in the Kurukshetra war. When Abhimanyu died, Uttara tried to burn herself on the pyre of Abhimanyu
but Krishna
stopped her from doing so informing her of her pregnancy. Ashwathama (son of Dronacharya) tried to harm the child in Uttara's womb. He shoot Brahmaastra on Uttara, but again Krishna saves her. Her son, Parikshit, was the sole surviving dynasty of the Kuru clan and eventually became king of Hastinapura
.
Hinduism
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epic Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
, Uttarā or Anglicized as Uttara (उत्तरा) was the daughter of King Virata
Virata
Virata , in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was a king in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen Sudeshna and was the father of Prince Uttara and Princess Uttarā, who married Abhimanyu son of Arjuna. Their son Parikshit succeeded...
, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was the sister of Uttara
Uttara (Mahabharata)
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Uttarā or Anglicized as Uttara was the daughter of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile...
.
It is also believed that Uttara had learnt dance from Arjuna as a princess during the 13th year of exile of the Pandavas in Virata's kingdom when Arjuna lived a life of a eunuch and practised his art of dance learnt from the apsaras in heavens. It is during this phase that Arjuna admired Uttara's qualities and later proposed her marriage to his son Abhimanyu.
Uttara married Arjuna's son Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu is a tragic hero in the Hindu epic, the Mahābhārata. He is the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, who is the half-sister of Lord Krishna...
. She was widowed at a very young age when Abhimanyu was killed in the Kurukshetra war. When Abhimanyu died, Uttara tried to burn herself on the pyre of Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu is a tragic hero in the Hindu epic, the Mahābhārata. He is the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, who is the half-sister of Lord Krishna...
but Krishna
Krishna
Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...
stopped her from doing so informing her of her pregnancy. Ashwathama (son of Dronacharya) tried to harm the child in Uttara's womb. He shoot Brahmaastra on Uttara, but again Krishna saves her. Her son, Parikshit, was the sole surviving dynasty of the Kuru clan and eventually became king of Hastinapura
Hastinapura
Hastinapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-History:Hastinapur was the capital of the kingdom of the Kauravas, belonging to the Kuru dynasty of kings. The throne of this city was the prize over which the Kurukshetra War of the epic...
.