Nakula

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Nakula is a heroic prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned as one of the five Pandava brothers and celebrated for his exceptional skill in swordsmanship and horse-keeping.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nakula canonical 78
Nakula as Granthika 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pandava ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
prince ⓘ
affiliation Pandavas ⓘ
appearsIn Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedEpic Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedWith Ashvini Kumaras ⓘ
linked to: Ashwini Kumaras

horses ⓘ
birthType divine birth through Ashvini Kumaras ⓘ
brothersCollectivelyKnownAs Pandavas ⓘ
child Shatanika ⓘ
linked to: Shatana
cousin Duryodhana ⓘ
Dushasana ⓘ
culturalOrigin Ancient India ⓘ
linked to: ancient India
father Ashvini Kumaras ⓘ
linked to: Ashwini Kumaras
grandfather King Shantanu ⓘ
kingdom Madra ⓘ
languageOfSourceTexts Sanskrit ⓘ
mother Madri ⓘ
participatedIn Kurukshetra War ⓘ
performedRitual Rajasuya Yajna (supporting role) ⓘ
renownedFor beauty ⓘ
expertise with horses ⓘ
mastery of sword ⓘ
roleInExile disguised as a horse-trainer at King Virata’s court ⓘ
servedAs warrior in the Pandava army ⓘ
sibling Arjuna ⓘ
Bhima ⓘ
Karna ⓘ
Sahadeva ⓘ
Yudhishthira ⓘ
sideInWar Pandava side ⓘ
skill horse-keeping ⓘ
swordsmanship ⓘ
spouse Draupadi ⓘ
Karenumati ⓘ
stepBrother Arjuna ⓘ
Bhima ⓘ
Yudhishthira ⓘ
stepMother Kunti ⓘ
textualTradition Hinduism ⓘ
title Prince of Madra ⓘ
twinBrother Sahadeva ⓘ
uncle Dhritarashtra ⓘ
Pandu ⓘ
virtue devotion to dharma ⓘ
humility ⓘ
loyalty to brothers ⓘ
weaponOfChoice sword ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (80)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahabharata → mainCharacters → Nakula ⓘ
Arjuna → brother → Nakula ⓘ
Pandavas → member → Nakula ⓘ
Drona → student → Nakula ⓘ
Karna → halfBrother → Nakula ⓘ
Draupadi → spouse → Nakula ⓘ
Yudhishthira → brother → Nakula ⓘ
Bhima → sibling → Nakula ⓘ
Sahadeva → siblingOf → Nakula ⓘ
Sahadeva → twinBrotherOf → Nakula ⓘ
Kunti → adoptiveMotherOf → Nakula ⓘ
Kunti → stepChild → Nakula ⓘ
Babruvahana → relative → Nakula ⓘ
Pandu → fatherOf → Nakula ⓘ
Srutakarma → relativeOf → Nakula ⓘ
Abhimanyu → relative → Nakula ⓘ
Pritha → motherOf → Nakula ⓘ
Pritha → sonsWithAshvins → Nakula ⓘ
Madri → motherOf → Nakula ⓘ
Ghatotkacha → paternalUncle → Nakula ⓘ
Dushasana → enemyOf → Nakula ⓘ
Vikarna → cousin → Nakula ⓘ
House of Kuru → hasMember → Nakula ⓘ
Shakuni → enemyOf → Nakula ⓘ
Dushala → cousin → Nakula ⓘ
Suyodhana → cousin → Nakula ⓘ
Shalya → relative → Nakula ⓘ
Shalya → maternalUncleOf → Nakula ⓘ
Upapandavas → father → Nakula ⓘ
Yajnaseni → marriedTo → Nakula ⓘ