Pandawowie
Pandawowie (dewanagari पाण्डव) – pięciu opisanych w Mahabharacie synów Pandu (dewanagari पांडु) i jego dwóch żon (Kunti i Madri):
- Ardźuna – pochodzący od Indry
- Bhima – pochodzący od Waju
- Judisztira – pochodzący od Jamy
- Nakula i
- Sahadewa – bliźniacy pochodzący od Aświnów
Trzech pierwszych było synami Kunti, dwóch pozostałych było bliźniakami zrodzonymi z Madri.
Poślubili wspólnie Draupadi.
| Wangsa Yadawa | Dinasti Kuru | Raja Madra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Surasena | Byasa | Ambalika | Salya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kunti | Pandu | Madrim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yudistira | Bhima | Ardźuna | Nakula | Sahadewa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autor: Bob King, Licencja: CC BY 2.0
Deogarh. Here you see the five Pandava princes- heroes of the epic Mahabharata - with their shared wife-in-common named Draupadi (although some had their own wives too). Vishnu, incarnated as Krishna , was advisor and their charioteer in battle. The central figure is Yudhishthira ; the two to his left are Bhima and Arjuna . Nakula and Sahadeva , the twins, are to his right. Their wife, at far right, is Draupadi . These heroes are themselves incarnations: Yudhishthira manifests Dharma, the Sacred Order of Life. Bhima represents the Wind God, Vayu. Arjuna is Indra. Nakula and Sahadeva incarnate the twin “Horseman Gods” (The Greek Dioscuri). Draupadi is Indrani , the queen of the gods and wife of Indra- a very old Vedic (Pre-Hindu) god.