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Being of royal birth, he is occasionally
referred to as king also, (Raja, Narendra, etc.),
though he renounced the kingdom in favour
of Satyavati's sons.
 
BHOJAS.-A clan of people, who were
kinsmen of Krishna. Kamsa, Krishna's
 
uncle, whom Krishna killed, was their king
for some time. Krishna restored his father
Ugrasena to the throne.
 
BHUMINJAYA.--The son of the Virata king;
also called Vairati, Uttara and Virataputra.
 
BRAHMA ASTRA.-A very powerful divine
missile, presided over by Brahma.
 
BRIHADBALA.-The Kosala king fighting
for Duryodhana; killed by Abhimanyu.
BRIHANNALA.-The name assumed by
Arjuna, as the eunuch teacher of dance
and music at Virata's court.
 
BRIHASPATI. The preceptor of the Devas,
of whom Drona was a partial incarnation; the
greatest of the seven sons of the sage Angiras;
Drona is absorbed into him in the end.
 
CHITRANGADA.-First son of Santanu and
Satyavati; succeeded Santanu but soon died
in an encounter with a Gandharva of his own
 
name.
 
CHITRASENA.--The king of the Gandharvas
who takes Duryodhana captive.
 
DAMAGRANTHIN.-Nakula's name during
his incognito life as the keeper of Virata's
horses.
 
DARUKA.-Krishna's charioteer ; carries
to the Pandavas the news of the tragic end
of the Yadavas.