Duryodhana
Hindu · mortal · epic period · Recorded classification
The single largest absence this programme has found in any tradition. The registry held all five Pandavas, their mother, their stepmother, their wife, their father, their uncle, their grandfather-figure, their teacher's rival's son, and five sons of Karna — and not the man they fight. A corpus that holds one side of the Mahabharata does not hold the Mahabharata.
Parentage
- parent: Dhritarashtra
- parent: Gandhari
Domains
- kingship
- warfare
Relations
- sibling: DushasanaReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment: Duryodhana's devoted brother Dushasana is among his principal allies, and Duryodhana, Dushasana, Vikarna and Chitrasena are the most well-known among the brothers. (secondary)
- sibling: VikarnaReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment: Duryodhana, Dushasana, Vikarna and Chitrasena are the most well-known among the hundred brothers. (secondary)
- sibling: Chitrasena (the Kaurava)Reciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment naming Duryodhana, Dushasana, Vikarna and Chitrasena as the best known of the hundred brothers. (secondary)
- ally: ShakuniReciprocated in-batch. Also his maternal uncle, which is recorded as a separate nephew edge on Shakuni's record.Reference treatment: Duryodhana is aided by his trickster uncle Shakuni, who helps him trick the Pandavas into surrendering their kingdom. (secondary)
- ally: DronaReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment: Drona was the Acharya of the Kuru princes and Supreme Commander of the Kauravas. (secondary)
- befriended by: KarṇaNon-symmetric, so nothing is written onto the pre-existing Karna record. The corpus holds Karna, and five of Karna's sons, and did not hold the man whose friendship is the entire explanation of Karna's position in the war.Reference treatment: Duryodhana's principal allies include his loyal friend Karna. (secondary)
Sources
- Duryodhana is the eldest of the hundred Kauravas, son of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, who with Shakuni's help wins the Pandavas' kingdom at dice and drives them into exile.: Reference treatments of Duryodhana, of the Kauravas and of the dice game. (secondary)