A king who fought on the Kaurava side at Kurukshetra. He was part of Shalya’s retinue and was killed by Yudhishtira as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 12 verse 51.

The Mahabharata mentions a Chandrasena, who was the son of Samudrasena, ruler of Bengal. He was present at Draupadi’s swayamwar according to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 185 verse 11. Bhima once defeated both father and son as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 30 verse 24. Chandrasena then became an ally of the Pandavas, fought alongside them at Kurukshetra and was killed by Ashwathama as per Mahabharata Dronaparva.

An Ujjaini king who was a devotee of Shiva. He conducted many sacrifices and gave away a lot of wealth and was once rewarded with a jewel by Manibhadra, an attendant of Shiva. Such was the jewel’s splendour that many kings wanted to buy it. Chandrasena refused them and they prepared for war. He took refuge in the Mahakalikshetra in Ujjaini and was granted salvation by Shiva as per Shivapurana Shanipradoshamahatmya.

A Sinhala king. He had two daughters with his wife Gunavati – Mandodari and Indumati. He wanted to Mandodari to Kambugriva, the son of the Madra king Sudhanva. But she preferred spinsterhood. The Kosala king Virasena then fell in love with her, but she declined his advances. Indumati meanwhile got married in a swayamwar to Sudeshna, who was handsome but wayward. Before long Indumati caught him sleeping with a maid. She gave up relations with him and went back to her father’s house. Mahishasura used this as an example to show that women lacked intelligence as per Devibhagavata Panchamaskanda.

An attendant of Skanda as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 46 verse 11.

A woman who loved her husband but took on a lover. She appears in the Kathasaritasagara. She was the wife of the vaishya Balavarma, who lived in Pratishtana. She onc esaw the handsome vaishya youth Sheelahara from her window. She lured him into a friend’s house and had her way with him. This became a routine until everyone, including her husband came to know of it. Balavarma once got an illness and was on his deathbed but Chandrasri continued to spend time with her lover. One day, while she was with him, she heard that her husband had died. She left her lover and overcome by remorse jumped into her husband’d pyre as per Kathasaritasagara Shaktiyasholambaka Taranga 2.

A king. As per the Kalikapurana, Paushya had been childless for a long time. He prayed to Shiva who appeared and gave him a fruit. He divided it among his three wives who soon became pregnant. But they gave birth to 3 parts of a child which were united to form a single being. Thus Chandrashekhara was also known as Trayambaka. He married Taravati, the daughter of the Suryavanshi king Kukulstha. Due to a curse from the sage Kapola, Taravati had a vetala son Bhringi and a Bhairava son Mahakala. The couple’s sons were Dama, Uparichara, Alarka.

An agingotra brahmin from Mayapuri. He was Vedasharma’s disciple and son in law. Once they went to the forest to collect darbha, they were killed by a rakshasa. Chandrasharma attained Vaikuntha since he was more pious and later reincarnated as Akrura during Krishna’s time as per Padmapurana.

A sinner who killed his guru. As per Padmapurana 4 sinners -Vidura, Chandrasharma, Vedasharma, Vanjula bathed in the Ganga and redeemed themselves. Their sins were brahmahatya, guruhatya, agamyagamana, govadha respectively. Vidura was their leader. He had given up his brahminical symbols and had taken to begging. He announced that he had killed brahmins when he asked for alms. He also traveled to all the theerthas during this journey but his brahmahatya sin stayed with him. He was agonised by this when a brahmin named Chandrasharma arrived there. He had hurt his guru and was hated by his peers and relatives. He was ahring his story when a third brahmin arrived there. This was Vedasharma and he had committed agamyagamana and was disowned by his friends and family. THen arrived Vanjula, a vaishya who was a drunkard and had killed cows. As per a sage’s advice, they bathed in the Ganga and washed away their sins, according to Padmapurana Chapter 91.

An asura who was born as a famous king Janaki as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 67 verse 37.