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Abhimanyu  (People-Men)

Adhirath  (People-Men)
Adhirath was in the lineage of Raajaa Yayaati --> Chitrarath (better known as Raajaa Rompaad). Rompaad was the same Raajaa who did not have rains for some time, so he invited Rishyashring Muni to get rains in his kingdom. As he came in his kingdom, the rain started. Later he did a Yagya for him to get a son and married Rompaad's daughter Shaantaa. 

Adhirath was Mahaaraaj Shantanu's Saarathee. His wife's name  was Raadhaa. They were childless. One day he found a child (boy) in a box flowing in Gangaa River while he was taking bath there. It was the same boy who was flowed by Kuntee. He brought him with a great happiness and both brought him up with lots of love as their own child. He named him Raadheya. Once he took him to Dronaachaarya for his education but Dronaachaarya refused him to educate saying that he educated only princes, but he was influenced by Karn's personality so much that he couldn't resist to say - "Raadheya name doesn't suit your personality, your name should be Karn."

Agastya Muni  (Rishi)

Ahiraavan  (Raakshas)
Ahiraavan was Raavan's younger brother. He used to live in Paataal Lok (Nether worlds). When Raavan's army started getting destroyed, he called him also. Maanas has its reference but it does not give this incident. (read about the incident here)

Ahilyaa  (People-Women)

Ambaa  )People-Women)

Ambaalikaa  (People-Women)

Ambikaa  (People-Women)

Aniruddh  (People-Men)

Arjun  (People-Men)

Ashwatthaamaa  (People-Men)

Atri Rishi  (Rishi)

Baali  (Raakshas)

Baanaasur  (Raakshas)
Kashyap and Aditi's sons were Hiranyakashyap and Hiranyaaksh. Hiranyakashyap had four sons, among them the youngest was Prahlaad. Prahlaad's son was Virochan. And Virochan's son was Raajaa Bali. Bali had 100 sons. His eldest son was Baanaasur. Baanaasur had a daughter named Ooshaa. She saw Aniruddh (Krishn's grandson and Pradyumn's son) in her dreams and started loving him. Her best friend Chitralekhaa brought him there while he was in sleep. When Baanaasur came to know about it he got very angry and got ready to fight with him. Then Krishn and His son Pradyumn also came to take him. Here Shankar Jee was the guard of Baanaasur's Nagaree, so Shankar Jee fought with Krishn. Later when Shankar Jee got weaker then He requested Krishn to spare Baanaasur's life. Krishn said, "I could not have killed Baanaasur otherwise also, because I know he is the son of Raajaa Bali and I have given Var to him that I will not kill any Daitya of your Vansh, so you don't worry." Then Baanaasur himself offered Ooshaa and Aniruddh to Krishn.

Dantvakra  (People-Men)
Dantvakra was the son of Vasudev's sister Prithaa's (Kuntee) younger sister Shrutdevaa and Raajaa Vriddhsharmaa of Karoosh Desh. (He was born as Hiranyaaksh in his first previous life and then Kumbhkarn in his second previous life because of the Shaap of Sanakaadi Muni). He was liberated by Shree Krishn.

Dashrath, Raajaa  (People-Men)

Devayaanee  (People-Women) see    Shukraachaarya Jee,  Yayaati

Devhooti  (People-Women)
Devhooti was one of the three daughters of Manu: Devhooti, Prasooti, and Aakooti. Devhooti was married to Kardam Rishi, Prasooti was married to Daksh Jee and Aakooti was married to Ruchi Prajaapati.

Devtaa Produced Vaanar  (Others)
Devtaa produced many Vaanar to help Bhagvaan to kill Raavan. Other Devtaa also produced millions of Vaanar. They were 10 millions of them. Most were produced in accordance of their fathers in their form. All Vaanar were very mighty, brave and some were even better than their fathers. They were all living under the guidance of Baali and Sugreev.

Indra produced =  Baali
Soorya produced = Sugreev
Brihaspati produced = Taarak
Kuber produced = Gandhmaadan
Vishwakarmaa produced = Nal
Agni produced = Neel
Ashwinee Kumaar produced = Mayand and Dwivid
Varun produced = Sushen
Paranjaya produced = Sharabh
Wind produced = Hanumaan

Dhritraashtra  (People-Men)

Drupad, Raajaa  (People-Men)

Draupadee  (People-Women)

Dronaachaarya  (Rishi)

Dundubhee  (Raakshas)
Dundubhee and Maayaavee were the two sons of Maya Daanav. Then had sister also named Mandodaree who was born from an Apsaraa. Maya Daanav married her to Raavan.

Durvaasaa Muni  (Rishi)

Duryodhan  (People-Men)

Dushaasan  (People-Men

Dwivid  (Others)
Dwivid was a Vaanar son of Ashwinee Kumaar. They produced two sons, Mayand and Dwivid at the time of Raam and Raaven in Tretaa Yug. Dwivid was a friend of Bhaumaasur (friend of Kans) and was a minister of Sugreev. He fought very bravely in Raam-Raavan war. He continued to live in Dwaapar Yug. When he heard that Krishn has killed Bhaumaasur, then he got very angry. He became a terrorist and started destroying things in and in the vicinity of Dwaarakaa Puree. He was as powerful as 10,000 elephants. He was killed by Balraam Jee when he was teasing Gopee.

Gaandhaaree  (People-Women)

Gangaa  (Others)

Garud   (Others)

Eklavya  (People-Men)

Ghatotkach  (Raakshas)
Ghatotkach was the son of Bheem and Hidimbaa. He was very powerful and mighty. When Hidimbaa married Bheem, she asked permission of Kuntee to keep him with her until she had a son. Kuntee gave this permission to Bheem. So Bheem stayed with her for some time. At last she got pregnant and gave birth to a boy. Then Bheem went away from there and joined his family in Ekchakraa Nagaree. 

How Ghatotkach met his father? It is an interesting story. One day by the order of his mother he went to look for a human being for the sacrifice his mother wanted to give to Kaalee Devee. He found a Braahman family so he asked them as who among them wanted to be the sacrifice? In the meantime Bheem also came there and remembering Hanumaan's words told him that all of those people were weak, but he could go with him as sacrifice. "Who was going with him" was immaterial to Ghatotkach, it should be a human being, that is all, so he took him to his home and said to his mother, "I have brought this human being." When Hidimbaa saw the man, she got very happy to see her husband after such a long time. She introduced both to each other. Ghatotkach also came to fight in Mahaabhaarat war and fought very bravely for the whole day. At last he was killed by Karn by the Power he got from Indra. So he also had a full day in Mahaabhaarat war in his name as Abhimanyu had.

Harishchandra, Raajaa  (People-Men)

Jalandhar  (Raakshas)

Jaraasandh  (people-Men)

Jataayu  (Others)

Jayadrath  (People-Men)

Kaalkeya   (Raakshas)

Kach   (Rishi)

Kaikeyee  (People-Women)

Kardam  (Rishi)
Kardam Rishi was married to Devhooti. In the course of time they had nine daughters and a son Kapil Bhagvaan:
(1) Kalaa - married to Rishi Mareechi
(2) Anusooyaa - married to Atri Muni : had three sons Durvaasaa Muni (Shankar's son), Maharshi Dattaatreya (Vishnu's son), Chandramaa (Moon, Brahmaa's son)
(3) Gati - married to Rishi Pulah
(4) Kriyaa - married to Kratu
(5) Khyaati - Maharshi Bhrigu
(6) Arundhatee - married to Vashishth Jee
(7) Shaanti - married to Atharvaa Rishi
(8) Havirbhoo - married to Pulastya Muni - had two sons: Muni Agastya  and Muni Vishravaa
(9) Shraddhaa - married to Maharshi Angiraa - had a son Brihaspati Jee.

Karn  (People-Men)

Keechak  (People-Men)
Keechak was the brother of Raanee Sudeshnaa - Viraat Desh's king Viraat's wife. He was so powerful that he controlled Raajaa Viraat and his kingdom. Viraat couldn't do anything on his own. In fact there were only four such people in the world - he himself, Shalya, Bheeshm and Balraam. Once he saw Draupadee in Sudeshnaa's palace chambers. He got attracted to her. He asked Sudeshnaa to send her to his palace chamber. In spite of Raanee Sudeshnaa's several warnings Keechak didn't listen to her. At last Sudeshnaa had to send her to him. There Keechak misbehaved with her. Draupadee went to the royal court with her complaint but Raajaa Viraat and his courtiers could not do anything because of Keechak. Then Draupadee complained Bheem about him. Bheem asked her to invite Keechak in the music room. Bheem lay down there covering himself with a sheet. When Keechak came there in the evening, he thought that it was Draupadee who was lying there covered with a sheet, but it was Bheem. As he touched Bheem, he attacked him and killed him. 

Khar and Dooshan  (Raakshas)

Kindam Rishi  (Rishi)
When Paandu went for rest after his victory tour, he met Kindam Rishi in the forest. He often had Satsang with him. They didn't have any child. Once Kindam Rishi was with his wife, that Paandu shot a Shabd-Vedhee arrow to kill a lion on Maadree's request. Unfortunately it hit Rishi and his wife's chests and they died. When Paandu came to take his game, he found that his arrow had Kindam Rishi and his wife. He got extremely sorry but he could not do anything. At that time Kindam Rishi gave him Shaap that when he will be with his wife, he will also die, thus he will not be able to have any child. Hearing Rishi's Shaap Raajaa got very sad and came back to his place and told everything to Kuntee and Maadree.

Kripaachaarya Jee  (Rishi)

Kripee
Kripaa and Kripee were the children of Maharshi Shardwaan and the Apsaraa Urvashee. Urvashee left for Swarg, after she gave birth to these children on Prithvi. Once Raajaa Shantanu was on  his praying spree, that he saw two children crying on a Kush Aasan under a tree. Raajaa considered it his duty to take care of any orphan in his kingdom so he brought them to his palace and gave them to his Kul Guru to bring them up. He named them Kripaa and Kripee because he got them by the Kripaa (kindness) of Bhagvaan. When they grew up Kripaachaarya Jee became Kul Guru of Kaurav family and Kripee was married to Dronaachaarya Jee. Kripee had a son named Ashwatthaamaa.

Kritvarmaa
Kritvarmaa was the army chief of Shree Krishn. It should be noted that in Mahaabhaarat war, Krishn was with Paandav and His army was with Kaurav. Read this story.

Kuber  (Devtaa)
Kuber was Maharshi Vishravaa's son and  Maharshi Pulastya and Kardam Rishi's daughter Havirbhoo's grandson. Thus he was the half brother of Raavan. He was living in Lankaa. When Raavan got Var from Brahmaa Jee, he threw him out of Lankaa on the advice of his maternal grandfather and went there to live and became the king of Raakshas. Then Kuber had to go to Kailaash Parvat to live. Later Raavan defeated Kuber also and took his Pushpak Vimaan which he got from Brahmaa Jee. Kuber did a lots of Tapasyaa, so Brahmaa Jee appointed him one of the Swaamee of the direction (Dikpaal).

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