Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Bhishma
Bhishma appears as the royal grandsire seeking a thorough education in arms for the princes of both houses. His choice of a teacher places the future rivals within a shared upbringing before their divisions become open conflict. After the Pandavas survive the house of lac, Bhishma supports their right to a share of the paternal kingdom. With Drona and Vidura he presses for their recall and establishment in half of the realm.
Also known as Bhīṣma · Bhlshma in scan OCR
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Principal account
TraditionalBhishma appears as the royal grandsire seeking a thorough education in arms for the princes of both houses. His choice of a teacher places the future rivals within a shared upbringing before their divisions become open conflict.
Further detail
TraditionalAfter the Pandavas survive the house of lac, Bhishma supports their right to a share of the paternal kingdom. With Drona and Vidura he presses for their recall and establishment in half of the realm.
Context & interpretation
This entry selects Bhishma’s educational and political roles in the retelling. It does not cover his full genealogy, vows or death, and it distinguishes an attributed epic account from independently documented royal history. The scan’s OCR variant Bhlshma is retained as an alias.
Original passages
Source 1
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
Bhlshma, the royal grandsireOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Nivedita and Coomaraswamy, Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), active reader leaf 155
Exact passage checked against the active edition text and original-leaf mapping; whitespace and scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0109-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0109-E001-P0155
- Original scan leaf
- 155
- Recorded leaf number
- 155
- Current Reader position
- 146
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Source 2
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
the right of the Pandavas to the paternal kingdomOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Nivedita and Coomaraswamy, Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), active reader leaf 192
Exact passage checked against the active edition text and original-leaf mapping; whitespace and scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0109-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0109-E001-P0192
- Original scan leaf
- 192
- Recorded leaf number
- 192
- Current Reader position
- 183
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- Source-preserving update confirmed
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