Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Duryodhana
Duryodhana gives Karna the kingship of Anga when the tournament’s lineage requirement threatens to prevent his duel with Arjuna. Their embrace and pledge turn his welcome of the newcomer into a durable alliance. When the Pandavas are discovered alive after the house of lac, Duryodhana proposes frauds that would divide their interests and remove their resources. His generosity to an ally coexists with efforts to undermine the rival branch of his family.
Also known as Duryodhan
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Principal account
TraditionalDuryodhana gives Karna the kingship of Anga when the tournament’s lineage requirement threatens to prevent his duel with Arjuna. Their embrace and pledge turn his welcome of the newcomer into a durable alliance.
Further detail
TraditionalWhen the Pandavas are discovered alive after the house of lac, Duryodhana proposes frauds that would divide their interests and remove their resources. His generosity to an ally coexists with efforts to undermine the rival branch of his family.
Context & interpretation
The entry follows Duryodhana in two episodes of the collection’s Mahabharata retelling. It does not claim that the scenes settle every ethical reading of the character or provide independently verified political history; the interpretation concerns the contrast within the selected narrative.
Original passages
Source 1
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
pledged each other their eternal friendshipOpen 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 171
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-P0171
- Original scan leaf
- 171
- Recorded leaf number
- 171
- Current Reader position
- 162
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Source 2
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
dispose of them by a series of fraudsOpen 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 191
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-P0191
- Original scan leaf
- 191
- Recorded leaf number
- 191
- Current Reader position
- 182
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- Source-preserving update confirmed
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