Vṛṣaketu

SEMI-PRIMARY ATTESTATION FLAG. Quartigod son of Karṇa (Sūrya-paternal demigod) — the sole-surviving Karṇa-son after Kurukshetra. The BORI Critical Edition mentions him only briefly in the Āśvamedhika Parva as the survivor adopted into the Pāṇḍava court following Kuntī's revelation; the expanded biographical narrative (his role as Aśvamedha-horse-protector, his death and revival by Babhruvāhana) is from the Jaiminīya Aśvamedha Parva (a regional 12th-c. Sanskrit recension), not the BORI mainline. Per Tony's research-report caveat, register with explicit semi-primary flag rather than full-primary.

Parentage

• father: KarṇaMbh. Āśvamedhika Parva 76, 83 (primary)

Relations

• sibling: CitrasenaFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: SatyasenaFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: SuṣeṇaFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• father: KarṇaMbh. Āśvamedhika Parva 76, 83 (primary)
• sibling: VṛṣasenaBrother through their shared father Karṇa; sole-survivor of the Kurukshetra death-cluster.Mbh. Āśvamedhika Parva 76 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Mahābhārata (BORI Critical Edition) Āśvamedhika Parva 76, 83 — survival and adoption only; Jaiminīya Aśvamedha Parva (12th-c. regional Sanskrit recension) for expanded biographical narrative (primary)
• parentage: Mbh. Āśvamedhika Parva 76 (primary)