A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1025

c5.1025

1. *Ādi-parva*, ‘Introductory book.’ Describes the genealogy of the two families, the birth and nurture of Dhrita-rāshtra and Pāndu, their marriages, the births of the hundred sons of the former and the five of the latter, the enmity and rivalry between the young princes of the two branches, and the winning of Draupadī at the swayam-vara.