Reading Notes, Mahabharata, Part B
Draupadi and the Pandavas Brothers
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- They straight up murdered some low-caste people. or at least were intentionally responsible for their deaths.
- Interesting. Polyandry.
- Disguise themselves, win the princess's hand
- All 5 brothers are a single incarnation of Indra.
- "I cannot waiver from the truth. Truth is my only weapon."
- Story of the alligator princess
- Lots of defiance of traditional gender in this story.
- He wagered himself before wagering Draupadi, so he couldn't lose her.
- How did he lose if his dice were loaded?
Bibliography: The Mahabharata, By Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
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