- Shikhandini- is a character who was born as a girl child named 'Shikhandini' to Drupada, the king of Panchala. Shikhandi fought in the Kurukshetra war on the side of the Pandavas, along with his father Drupada and brother Dhristadyumna.
- Bhishma- was the eighth son of Kuru King Shantanu, who was blessed with wish-long life and had sworn to serve the ruling Kuru king and grandfather of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
- Hastinapura- one of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined).
- When the sons of Pandu and the sons of Dhritarashtra were playing ball in Hastinapur. As they were playing ball, the balls rolls into a well. Curiosity killed the cat and brahmin (a socially or culturally superior person, especially a member of the upper classes from New England) agreed to get the ball out. He uses a mantra (a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation) which turned the grass into darts, creating a chain to draw the ball up the well.
- The young princes were trained by Drona (also known as Dronacharya or Gurudrona, was the royal preceptor to Kauravas and Pandavas. He was a descendant of the sage, Angirasa. He was a master of advanced military arts, including the divine weapons or Divya Astras).
- In exchange for the young princes to get trained for Drona, the princes had to make a promise to help him after they are trained. Arjuna agreed eagerly, (in my opinion just to kiss up to the Drona). Karna (the adopted son and also the King of Anga) becomes Arjuna's rival already in their training.
link: This weeks reading
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