Sutasoma
Hindu · quartigod · dvapara yuga · Recorded classification
Second of the five Upapāṇḍavas. Quartigod-tier son of Bhīma (Vāyu-paternal demigod) by Draupadī; half-brother through their shared father Bhīma to Ghaṭotkaca (by Hiḍimbā) and Sarvaga (by Bālandharā). Killed in the Sauptika-massacre. The name Sutasoma also became canonically associated with the Old Javanese kakawin Sutasoma (Mpu Tantular, c. 1365 CE) which sources its protagonist-name from the Mahābhārata figure but develops an entirely independent Buddhist-narrative cycle.
Parentage
- father: BhīmaMbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
- parent: Draupadī
Relations
- father: BhīmaMbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
- mother: Draupadī · HinduMbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
- half sibling: PrativindhyaMbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
- half sibling: ŚrutakarmaMbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
- half sibling: Śatānīka son of NakulaMbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
- half sibling: ŚrutasenaMbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
- half sibling: GhaṭotkacaHalf-brother through their shared father Bhīma; Ghaṭotkaca is Bhīma's elder son by Hiḍimbā.Mbh. Ādi Parva 152-158 (primary)
- half sibling: SarvagaHalf-brother through their shared father Bhīma; Sarvaga is Bhīma's son by Bālandharā of Kāśī.Mbh. Ādi Parva 95.75-76 (primary)
- killed by: Aśvatthāmā · HinduMbh. Sauptika Parva 8 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Mahābhārata (BORI Critical Edition) — Ādi Parva 95.75, 220; Sauptika Parva 8.50-65; Stri Parva 22-25 (primary)
- parentage: Mbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)