.jpg)
Śāntanu
Sign in to saveShantanu (, ) is a character in the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the King of Kuru kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Chandravamsha, the father of Bhishma and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Key facts
- Character.title
- Maharaja of Kuru
- Character.image
- File:Santanu and Ganga.JPG
- Character.alt
- Shantanu
- Character.caption
- Shantanu and Ganga, chromolithograph by Bama Pada Banerjee
- Character.spouses
- GangaSatyavati
- Character.home
- Hastinapura
- Character.religion
- Hinduism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Santanu, a king of Hastinapura in the Mahabharata, saw a beautiful woman on the banks of the river Ganga.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Shantanu
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Brahma's curse and the birth of Shantanu
- Marriage with Ganga
- Reunion with his son
- Marriage with Satyavati
- Literature
- References
Shantanu (, ) is a character in the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the King of Kuru kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Chandravamsha, the father of Bhishma and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Shantanu was the youngest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapura and had been born during the king's later years. His eldest brother, Devapi, had leprosy, and had given up his rightful claim before becoming a hermit. The middle son, Bahlika (or Vahlika), abandoned his birth kingdom, and had started living with his maternal uncle in Balkh, subsequently inheriting his kingdom. Shantanu, thus, ascended the throne of Hastinapura.