Nakula
Hindu · demigod · dvapara yuga · demigod
Fourth Pandava; demigod son of Nāsatya (elder Aśvinī twin) by Mādrī. Twin brother of Sahadeva — born of the same mother to the paired Aśvinī twins (Nāsatya and Dasra respectively). The most beautiful of the Pandavas. Master of horses and swordsmanship; the Aśvacikitsā (horse-medicine treatise) is traditionally attributed to him. During the incognito year serves as Granthika the horse-keeper at Virāṭa's Matsya court. Falls in the great-departure march; karmic fault: pride in his beauty.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- horsemanship and swordsmanship
- beauty physical perfection
Powers
- Heals and masters horses
Epithets
- माद्रेय
- अश्विनीपुत्र
Relations
- sibling: Sahadeva
- sibling: Yudhiṣṭhira
- spouse: Draupadī
- father of: Śatānīka
- father of: Niramitra