Monday, October 13, 2014

Week 9: Reading Diary A

Notes:

Shantanu = the king from Hastinapura. Falls in love with a woman at the river (we end up finding out that she is the river Ganga incarnated.

Varsus = Ganga’s eight children.

Devavratha becomes Bhishma. Bhishma = Ganga’s eighth son, or the son of Shantanu the king.

Shantanu AGAIN falls in love with Satyavati.

Satyavati = a fisherman’s daughter.

Chitrangada and Vichitravirya = the sons of Shantanu and Satyavati.

Vichitravirya ends up not having any children.

Bhishma says he cannot break his vow of celibacy, so Satyavati proposes another solution: the widows can sleep with her son Vyasa.

Ambika doesn’t like Vyasa, so their son Dhritarashtra is born blind.

Dhritarashtra marries Gandhari.

Durvasa = a sage

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