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Pandu
Father of the Pandavas (by divine niyoga)
Mahabharata
Father of the Pandavas (by divine niyoga)
Biography
Pandu, son of Vyasa and Ambalika, cannot father children by curse; his wives Kunti and Madri invoke gods to bear the five Pandavas.
Primary sources
- Mahabharata · Adi Parva · ch. 105, 124
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Order 10 · earliest cited
Birth of the PandavasThrough divine mantras, Kunti and Madri bear the five Pandava brothers.
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