Khandavaprastha

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Khandavaprastha is the ancient forested region in the Mahabharata that was cleared and transformed into the city of Indraprastha by the Pandavas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khandavaprastha canonical 1
Khandavaprastha / Indraprastha 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region
forest
place in the Mahabharata
associatedEpisode Khandava-daha (burning of Khandava)
associatedWith Agni
Krishna
Pandavas
burnedBy Agni
burningAssistedBy Arjuna
Krishna
clearedBy Pandavas
countryInModernInterpretations India
developedInto capital city of the Pandavas
event burning of the Khandava forest
formerCondition forested wilderness
givenBy Dhritarashtra
givenTo Pandavas
governedByAfterTransformation Yudhishthira
languageOfPrimarySources Sanskrit
laterCondition urban city
laterKnownAs Indraprastha
linkedTo Delhi region (traditional identification)
locatedInWork Mahabharata
mentionedIn Adi Parva
Sabha Parva
mythologicalContext Indian epic tradition
near Hastinapura
Yamuna River
linked to: Yamuna
notableFor destruction of forest to found Indraprastha
partOf Kuru kingdom
linked to: Kuru Kingdom
religion Hinduism
themeAssociated conflict between nature and civilization
transformedInto Indraprastha

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Indraprastha relatedPlace Khandavaprastha
Rajyalabha sub-parva hasPrimarySetting Khandavaprastha / Indraprastha
linked to: Khandavaprastha