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| image = Raja Pandu and Matakunti LACMA M.69.13.6.jpg | | image = Raja Pandu and Matakunti LACMA M.69.13.6.jpg | ||
| caption = A late 17th-century painting of Pandu and Kunti from [[Kashmir]] | | caption = A late 17th-century painting of Pandu and Kunti from [[Kashmir]] | ||
| weapon = Bow and | | weapon = [[Bow and arrow]] | ||
| affiliation = [[Kuru dynasty]] | | affiliation = [[Kuru dynasty]] | ||
| spouses = {{hlist|[[Kunti]]|[[Madri]]}} | | spouses = {{hlist|[[Kunti]]|[[Madri]]}} | ||
| family = '''Parents''' ''{{small|see [[Niyoga]]}}''{{bulleted list|[[Ved Vyas]] (Biological Father)|[[Ambalika]] (Mother)|[[Vichitravirya]] ( | | family = '''Parents''' ''{{small|see [[Niyoga]]}}''{{bulleted list|[[Ved Vyas]] (Biological Father)|[[Ambalika]] (Mother)|[[Vichitravirya]] (Father)}}'''Half Brothers''' {{bulleted list|[[Vidura]] (from [[Characters in the Mahabharata#Ambika's maid|Parishrami]])|[[Dhritarashtra]] (from [[Ambika (Mahabharata)|Ambika]])}} | ||
| children = '''Sons''' from Kunti{{bulleted list|[[Yudhishthira]] by [[Yama (Hinduism)|Dharmaraja]]|[[Bhima]] by [[Vayu]]|[[Arjuna]] by [[Indra]]}} | | children = '''Sons''' from Kunti{{bulleted list|[[Yudhishthira]] by [[Yama (Hinduism)|Dharmaraja]]|[[Bhima]] by [[Vayu]]|[[Arjuna]] by [[Indra]]}} | ||
'''Sons''' from Madri {{bulleted list||[[Nakula]] by [[Ashvins]]|[[Sahadeva]] by [[Ashvins]]}} | '''Sons''' from Madri {{bulleted list||[[Nakula]] by [[Ashvins]]|[[Sahadeva]] by [[Ashvins]]}} | ||
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In the Hindu epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', '''Pandu''' ({{lang-sa|पाण्डु|Pāṇḍu|pale}}) was a king of [[Kuru Kingdom]]. He is | In the Hindu epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', '''Pandu''' ({{lang-sa|पाण्डु|Pāṇḍu|pale}}) was a king of [[Kuru Kingdom]]. He is the father of the five [[Pandava]] brothers, who were actually gifted by different gods due to his inability of having children following Maharisi Kindam's curse. | ||
== Birth == | == Birth == | ||
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===Death=== | ===Death=== | ||
One day, Pandu forgot about this curse and suddenly filled with lust for Madri and proceeded to have | One day, Pandu forgot about this curse and suddenly filled with lust for Madri and proceeded to have sexual act with her. After the act, his curse fulfilled and he died. His body was cremated in the forest itself. In grief that her husband died because of her, Madri committed suicide (possibly through [[self-immolation]]) after handing her children to Kunti.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fang|first=Liaw Yock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIv3AwAAQBAJ&q=madri+suicide&pg=PA76|title=A History of Classical Malay Literature|date=2013|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian|isbn=978-981-4459-88-4|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||