[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1824 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1824 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1824 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1824](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1824) Dhṛtarāṣṭra got of Gāndhārī a hundred sons and a daughter named Duḥśalā. The children of Dhṛtarāṣṭra were known as Kauravas or Dhārtarāṣṭras. Pāṇḍu had a curse that he would die the moment he entered into sexual sport with his wives. (See under Kindama). So under instructions from her husband Kuntī invoked Dharma, Vāyu and Indra and got the sons Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena and Arjuna. She gave the remaining one chance to Mādrī and Mādrī invoked the two Aśvinīdevas, Nāsatya and Dasra and got two sons named Nakula and Sahadeva. All these five were accepted as the sons of Pāṇḍu and so they got the name of Pāṇḍavas. (Upto Chapter 123, Ādi Parva). - [Previous: c8.1823](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1823) - [Next: c8.1825](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1825) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1824](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1824) · Pramāṇa