A king of Chirapura who had a bad set of advisors. Once a man named Prasanga took refuge with him with a couple of his friends. But he ignored them thanks to his advisors and this continued for 5 years. Then one of his sons died and all the advisors wept crocodile tears. Prasanga and friends arrived there and said that they had lived in the hope that at least the son would take heed of them, but they were leaving since that hope had also been dashed. The king thought that he should give something for them since they had kept the child in mind and finally gave them wealth and grains as per Kathasaritasagara Alankaravatilambaka Taranga 5.

A crow in Panchatantra. See Meghavarna.

A son of Gautama who used to spend a long time before taking an action. Once, Gautama accused his wife of adultery and asked his son to kill her. Gautama then went off into the forest. Chirakari was about to kill his mother but then sat down to think – whether matricide was a sin, who would take care of his father after her, would his father repent after she was dead and so on. Gautama got back by dusk, repenting his anger. Chirakari was still deep in thought. When Gautama found that his wife wasn’t dead, he was happy and blessed Chirakari as per Mahabharata Shantiparva Chapter 266.

A lower caste who came from Nandini during its battle with Vishwamitra as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 174 verse 38.

A holy place in south India.

A gem. It came from the samudra manthan along with Uchaishravas, Kalpavriksha, Kaustubha, Chandra, apsaras, Mahalakshmi, Tara, Ruma etc as per Kambaramayana Yudhakanda.

Also Sidambara. A Sanskrit poet who lived in 16 AD, in the court of the Vijayanagara king Venkata who ruled from 1586-1614. He wrote the Raghavayadavapandaveeyam. It has 3 sections based on Rama, Krishna and the Pandavas.

An ancient river as per Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 9 verse 4.

A Kaurava killed by Bhima as per Mahabharata Dronaparva Chapter 111 verse 18.

Another name for Satyavan. He made horse figures from sand and hence acquired the name as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 294 verse 13.