Relationships In Mahabharata

In the Hindu Epic or Mythology Mahabharata, all the characters are interwoven to each other and some of the characters are in direct blood relationship to some or many other characters. So if we ignore direct blood relationships like brother, sister and parents then the relationship remains are of Uncle and Aunts of Mahabharata. If you elaborate the relationships then you will found someone will be either Maternal or Paternal Uncle or Aunt of another important or less important character. In Indian language Maternal Uncles are called Mama/Mamu/Mamashree similarly Maternal Aunts as Mousi, Paternal Uncles as Tau/Tat Shree/Bade Papa/Kaka/Chacha etc. and Paternal Aunts as Bua. So here is a series to elaborate characters of Mahabharata in terms of the relationship they hold to some other characters as Mamu, Chachu, Mousi or Bua. I had specified the relationships here in three columns. The relationships are mentioned in one column and in next column it defines with whom that particular relationship is and basic character and/or relationship details specified in last columns. To read this list e.g. Kansa is Mamu of Krishna and the detail of the character or relationship between Kansa and Krishna will be provided in last column.

I had focused more on the relationship rather than the details of that relationship. It’s not possible to elaborate complete details of the characters in Mahabharata in short so just restricted to the minimum necessary details to elaborate the relationship and or the character(s). To learn more about any specific characters you may need to go through Mahabharata in detail. I also ignored all the characters from generations before King Shantanu as they don’t have any role play except the blood lineage. So King Bharat, Kuru etc. are not part of this relationship analysis.

I will start the part one of this series with the kind of relationships which turned out to be the heart of Mahabharata in every aspect i.e. Maternal Uncles or Mamu’s of Mahabharata.

Part I - Maternal Uncles (Mamu’s) Of Mahabharata
Part II - Maternal Aunts (Mousi's) Of Mahabharata
Part III - Paternal Uncles Of Mahabharata
Part IV - Paternal Aunts (Bua's) Of Mahabharata
Part V - Mahabharata Blood Relationships - The Complete Picture

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