Khandavaprastha

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Khandavaprastha is the ancient forested region in the Mahabharata that was cleared and transformed into the city of Indraprastha by the Pandavas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khandavaprastha canonical 1
Khandavaprastha / Indraprastha 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
forest ⓘ
place in the Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedEpisode Khandava-daha (burning of Khandava) ⓘ
associatedWith Agni ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ
burnedBy Agni ⓘ
burningAssistedBy Arjuna ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
clearedBy Pandavas ⓘ
countryInModernInterpretations India ⓘ
developedInto capital city of the Pandavas ⓘ
event burning of the Khandava forest ⓘ
formerCondition forested wilderness ⓘ
givenBy Dhritarashtra ⓘ
givenTo Pandavas ⓘ
governedByAfterTransformation Yudhishthira ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Sanskrit ⓘ
laterCondition urban city ⓘ
laterKnownAs Indraprastha ⓘ
linkedTo Delhi region (traditional identification) ⓘ
locatedInWork Mahabharata ⓘ
mentionedIn Adi Parva ⓘ
Sabha Parva ⓘ
mythologicalContext Indian epic tradition ⓘ
near Hastinapura ⓘ
Yamuna River ⓘ
linked to: Yamuna
notableFor destruction of forest to found Indraprastha ⓘ
partOf Kuru kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kuru Kingdom
religion Hinduism ⓘ
themeAssociated conflict between nature and civilization ⓘ
transformedInto Indraprastha ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Indraprastha → relatedPlace → Khandavaprastha ⓘ
Rajyalabha sub-parva → hasPrimarySetting → Khandavaprastha / Indraprastha ⓘ
linked to: Khandavaprastha