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Bhishma (or Bheeshma or Devavrata or Bhishma Pitamah) was the eighth son of Kuru King Shantanu and grand uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
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In which parva of Mahabharata was Ganga's curse to Amba is mentioned?
As I discuss in this answer, when Bhishma refused to marry Amba, Amba sought the help of Vishnu's incarnation Parashurama, who was Bhishma's guru, to force Bhishma to marry her. … Then Ganga, goddess of the Ganga river and mother of Bhishma, appeared before her and asked why she was engaging in Tapasya. Amba said she was trying to kill Bhishma. …
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Age difference between Bhishma & Abhimanyu
In particular, Bhishma was 140 years old at the time of the Mahabharata war. … So Bhishma was 107 years older than Abhimanyu. …
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Was Karna in the Bhishma parva?
In a later chapter of the Bhishma Parva, right before the battle begins Krishna approaches Karna on the battlefield and asks him to fight for the Pandavas until Bhishma dies, an offer Karna refuses:
Vasudeva … Come to our side, O son of Radha, and (stay with us) as long as Bhishma is not slain. …
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Was Kosala under the control of Kashi in the time of Bhishma?
Of course, it's possible that things changed between the time of Bhishma and the time of the Mahabharata war. …
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Why did Bhishma fight with Lord Parashurama?
But then the eldest princess Amba informed Bhishma that she was in love with a king named Shalva, so Bhishma allowed her to go back to him. … He told Amba that he couldn't defeat Bhishma and that Bhishma was the one she should seek refuge in. …
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Why didn't Bhishma Pitamaha stop Kamsa?
There's no reason to believe that Bhishma would try to stop Kamsa. … You can ask the same question about a million different people: why didn't Bhishma kill Kamsa, Shishupala, Jarasandha, Narakasura, etc. …
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Is the Sahasranama recited by Bhisma Pitamaha to Yudhistra attributed to ParaBrahm or Lord V...
In introducing the Vishnu Sahasranamam, Bhishma specifically says that he is going to recite the thousand names of Vishnu:
tasya lokapradhānasya jagan nāthasya bhūpate
viṣṇor nāma sahasraṃ me … (It's not recited by Bhishma though.) …
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Did Krishna warn Bhishma not to interrupt any actions of Kauravas and Pandavas during the ga...
No, Krishna did not issue any such warning to Bhishma. This is not mentioned in the Mahabharata or any other scripture. … So he certainly would not have told Bhishma beforehand to not stop the dice game. …
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