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    Affairs of Kuru Kingdom. After the death of his father, Bhishma played a major role in the affairs of the Kuru kingdom. He managed the kingdom when there were succession crises. He also arranged the marriage of his nephews and tried to bring peace between his grand-nephews, the Kauravas and the Pandavas .

  2. Learn about Bhishma, the eighth son of Shantanu and Ganga, who took a vow of celibacy and service to the Kuru king. Find out his legend, his training, his oath, his death and his role in the Mahabharata war.

  3. Bhishma is one of the central characters of the Mahabharata. Bhishma was born as Devevrata and is the grand sire of the heros and villans of the epic mahabharata. Once the eight Vasus visited Vashishta's ashram with their wives, one of the wives took a fancy to Nandini and asked her husband Prabhasa, to steal it from Vashishta.

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  5. The Bhishma Parva (Sanskrit: भीष्म पर्व), or the Book of Bhishma, is the sixth of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. It has 4 sub-books and 124 chapters. The Bhishma Parva describes the first 10 days of the 18-day Kurukshetra War and its consequences.

  6. Bhishma is a powerful warrior and a wise elder in the Kaurava army. He grants Yudhishthira permission to fight him and imparts his wisdom on dharma, austerities, and the future condition of the soul.

  7. Jan 23, 2021 · Rudrangshu Mukherjee investigates the Mahabharata to find out when – and how – Bhishmas death actually took place.

  8. Jul 25, 2015 · Learn how Bhishma, the grand uncle of Pandavas and Kauravas, took a vow of celibacy and service to his father Shantanu and became a great warrior in the Mahabharata. Discover his role in the Kurukshetra war, his battles with Parshurama and Arjuna, and his death by choice.

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