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	Dushasana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dushasana (Duśśāsana in IAST transliteration, and sometimes written Duhshasana and Dushyasana) was the second son of the blind king Dhritarashtra and Gandhari in the epic Mahabharata, and the younger brother of Duryodhana.
		Dushasana is devoted to his older brother Duryodhana, and is also closely involved in the various schemes and plots to kill the Pandavas.
		After Yudhisthira loses his kingdom, his brothers and his wife Draupadi in a game of dice with Shakuni, Dushasana dragged Draupadi down in the assembly at the behest of his brother Duryodhana, and tried to disrobe her.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dushasana (349 words)

	Part I
		Dushasana and Krishna fight and Krishna has to be kept from killing Dushasana.
		Dushasana has not yet been inducted into the Supreme Judicial Council (an auspicious day is being awaited).
		Draupadi vows to keep her hair untied until Dushasana is brought to justice for the assault.
	home.earthlink.net /~kamesh/Mahabharata/Part4.html (869 words)

	Mahabharata
		Her protest that Yudhisthira had no right to put her at stake was not heard in the agonizing cries of the ladies in the court.
		The evil Dushasana went on and on, his hands aching and paralyzed with fatigue, but there was no end to the covering of Draupadi's body.
		And moreover, O evil Dushasana, remember and tremble in the heart, for I will break open your chest and dress the hair of Draupadi with that blood." (Draupadi later vowed to keep her hair loose till Bhima fulfilled his pledge.)
	www.geocities.com /neovedanta/mahabharata12.html (740 words)

	Sports and Games in Ancient India - Crystalinks
		Consequently to humiliate the Pandavas, Dushasana one of the evil Kaurava brothers takes hold of Draupadi whom Yudhisthira has lost to the Kauravas, and tries to disrobe her in front of the assembled court.
		The Pandavas though powerful are helpless as they have lost Draupadi and according to the rules of the game they have no claim on her anymore.
		The evil Dushasana tires himself out trying to tear away Draupadi's clothes but he is powerless against the divine strength of Lord Srikrishna.
	www.crystalinks.com /indiasports.html (3418 words)

	The Hindu : Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Dance : Masterly performance
		In the second scene, which shows Panchali and Krishna, Panchali expresses the humiliation she suffered in the court of the Kauravas.
		The famous Kathakali padam `Paripahi' narrates Panchali's woes, her fury at Dushasana, and her plea to Lord Krishna to protect her.
		Krishna's reply is narrated in the padam `Parshathi mama sakhi' as he prepares to meet Duryodhana to plead the case of the Pandavas.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fr/2006/02/10/stories/2006021000890300.htm (446 words)

	IndiaPlaza MOVIES! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Thus enslaved Draupadi was dragged by Dushasana by her hair in front of the entire assembly present in the court.
		Instructed by Duryodhana, Dushasana would have disrobed Draupadi hadn't the hidden hand of Lord Krishna protected her.
		Bhima had a mace combat with him and against all the rules of combat smashed his thigh and killed him and thus fulfilled his vow.
	www.indiaplaza.com /content/movies/mythology/mahabharat/synopsis.shtml (3145 words)

	Balarama - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Balarama famously taught both Dushasana of the Kauravas and Bhima of the Pandavas the art of fighting with a mace.
		Eventually when Bhima (of greater strength) defeated Dushasana (of greater skill) by dealing a blow below the navel with his mace, Balarama threatened to Kill Bhima.
		This was only prevented when Krishna reminded Balarama of Bhima's vow to kill Dushasana by crushing the very thigh he exposed to his wife Draupadi.
	www.indopedia.org /Balarama.html (394 words)

	The Disrobing of Draupadi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Duryodhana's brother Dushasana forcibly attempts to disrobe Draupadi in the center of the assembly hall.
		As Dushasana repeatedly tries to strip Draupadi, Krishna's divine grace provides her with an unending length of material as a sari, thus sparing her further humiliation.
		The episode of the dice game and the disrobing of Draupadi is the most important drama enacted in an eighteen-night festival held in many towns and cities.
	www.asia.si.edu /devi/fulldevi/deviCat82.htm (137 words)

	The Other Festival - Dec 5, 2005 Dushasana - a solo theatre perfromance by M. Palani, Chennai. Directed by ...
		To do this, he uses 3 levels — the lower earth from where he emerges, the middle region which is where his characters place themselves and the upper region which he reserves for his esteemed characters.
		He tells the story of Bhima killing Dushasana by narrating and enacting the gory episode from the Mahabaratha and then as abruptly, returns to his origins, using the techniques of cloth acrobatics and yoga, koothu and a plethora of other skills.
		Seeing the world as more than just a simple catalogue of discrete historical events, this playwright focuses not on the loss of Punjai and its ancient village-level innocence but on the urgent need for its recovery and affirmation.
	www.theotherfestival.com /2005/dushasna.html (979 words)

	Spirit mails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The venomous Dushasana lay on the floor in a swoon.
		She cursed the entire dynasty of Kurus; she cursed the throne; she poured her venom on Duryodhana and Dushasana and Karna.
		Gandhari, who felt helpless when the woman in her was appealed to, now suddenly awoke to the magnitude of a holy woman’s curse.
	www.sriaurobindo.nl /spirit_mail_0443.html (415 words)

	Reviews from The Horizons - Art, Culture and Lifestyles from India
		Green was the primary colour of the artists, and the tasteful costumes had different combinations of the same.
		Chitra as Panchali gave a moving performance with her clear enunciation of her position as a person in her own right who cannot be bartered, although her sari holding gesture was unnatural for someone in Panchali's situation, especially during the high-voltage 'vastra haran' scene.
		Anusuya Banerjee's enjoyment of her role as Shakuni was apparent, despite her rolling of the dice that was a mite too dramatic; Mridul Vivek and Sukanya Ravinder as Duryodhana and Dushasana looked suitably evil and hence convincing, both quite undaunted in their face-offs with their Guru.
	www.thehorizons.com /review/rev102.htm (514 words)

	Draupadi's Vow - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At last, exhausted and defeated, Dushasana fell down in a swoon to the ground.
		With lips quivering in rage, he strode to the center of the assembly and in a loud voice, swore a terrible oath: "Hear these words of mine, O Kshatriyas of the world.
		Dushasana began to drag Draupadi out of the assembly, even as she was trembling and crying.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/articles/Mahabharata025.html (2079 words)

	Atlanta Dunia
		Krishna retorts that Duryodhana’s ancestry was as questionable since he is the son of a man born to a widow.
		Its is the form in which he attacks and kills Dushasana, drinks his blood and after wetting Draupadi’s tresses with Dushasana’s blood ties her hair.
		Dushasana was played by Kavungal Divakara Panicker who brought the house down with his flamboyant antics and received the loudest applause!
	www.atlantadunia.com /dunia/News/N161.htm (1766 words)

	Kavita Chhibber - Draupadi Dance Ballet Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Duryodhan ordered Dushasana to drag Draupadi by her hair and disrobe her completely.
		Draupadi said angrily, "where righteousness and justice do not exist, it ceases to be a court; it is a gang of robbers".
		Draupadi also takes a vow that she would not oil or tie her hair until she could wash her hair with the blood of Dushasana, after he was killed.
	www.kavitachhibber.com /draupadi_review.html (1250 words)

	Draupadi - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is said in the Mahabharata that the Kauravas did loose the Mahabaharata war because they treated Draupadi very badly.
		Dushasana, one of the Kauravas, was violently stripping of Draupadi's clothes, but "as Draupadi's garment was torn off each time another garment of the same sort appeared again and again."
		As Drupada was the ruler of the kingdom of Panchala and Draupadi the princess of Panchala, she was also known by the name Paanchali.
	www.indopedia.org /Draupadi.html (266 words)

	Hypertext Mahabharata: Part 3
		After all, a woman with 5 husbands is as nothing." Draupadi refuses: she sends a messenger to say she is in her "woman's month." Duryodhana orders Vidura to bring Draupadi.
		"Dushasana, remove Draupadi's garment as the Pandavas have relinquished theirs." Draupadi is indignant, "You all sit there and allow this to happen.
		Dushasana removes the sari, but another layer has already taken its place.
	www.shelterbelt.com /RELIT/MAHAB/Part3.html (1307 words)

	Dushasana - Second Kaurava - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Dushasana is the second of the Kauravas, the sons of Dhritharashtra.
		He is best know for the incident of "disrobing Draupadi".
		For this act, Bheema had vowed vengeance, taking an oath that he would "Break Dushasana into two and drink his blood." Bheema fulfilled his vow in the great battle of Kurukshetra.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/entities/Dushasana.html (83 words)

	Report - Tradition - now a trend Marga Festival 2004
		They were totally transformed into the jealous and arrogant Duryodana, scheming Sakuni, the vain and vengeful Dushasana, and the compulsive gambler Dharma.
		A cloth held aloft by 5 invited members of the audience, signified a palace and the reams of material that Dushasana pulls as he disrobes Draupadi, half hidden behind the tirashila (screen), were effective.
		The long string tied to Draupadi’s hair signified her long tresses that Dushasana pulls to subdue her.
	www.narthaki.com /info/reviews/rev220.html (1561 words)

	Bollywood501 - Photo of the Day - 08/10/03
		The scene is when Draupadi - wife of the Pandavas - was lost to the enemy clan in a gambling duel.
		Dushasana ordered Draupadi to disrobe and she then prayed to Lord Krishna to protect her virtue.
		Dushasana caught one end of her sari and pulled and pulled at it to unravel.
	www.bollywood501.com /PhotoOfTheDay/2003/08/08.10.03KajolKKHH.html (489 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Dushasana, one of the most important Kauravas, is responsible for dragging Draupadi forward just after their side has won her and attempting to strip her naked (though this attempt is foiled by a miracle).
		Bhima, the second of the Pandava brothers married to Draupadi, and especially noted for his strength (he was the rival of Dushasana in wrestling prowess), swears to take vengeance on Dushasana by drinking his blood.
		Draupadi, however, says she wants to bathe her hair in Dushasana's blood, and does not fasten up or wash her hair until she can do so.
	www.wsu.edu /~brians/anglophone/roy.html (5453 words)

	Hypertext Mahabharata: Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the assembly, Duryodhana and Dushasana attempt to arrest him.
		You cannot catch Krishna; you are inviting death." Dushasana harshly replies, "Get out of the way, old man!" He steps toward Krishna, who stops Dushasana in his tracks by staring at him.
		I, the Supreme Being, take your life back into mine." Dushasana blinks as the mighty chakra (disc) flies from Krishna's finger and strikes him in the neck.
	www.shelterbelt.com /RELIT/MAHAB/Part5.html (412 words)

	Kavita Chhibber - Masters of Kathakali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Krishna (- played by the effervescent Kathakali artiste Margi Raveendran, a regular performer on Indian TV channels -) consoles her and tells her not to fret.
		It is the form in which he attacks and kills Dushasana, drinks his blood and after wetting Draupadi’s tresses with Dushasana’s blood ties her hair.
		One such acclaimed role was of Achilles in the Greek Play ‘The Illiad — The Trojan War and History of Achilles’ directed by Richard Tremblay.
	www.kavitachhibber.com /masters_kathakali_rev.html (1811 words)

	Pieces of the Puzzle: Hear me too
		Oh wait, he is the one who turned his wife Ahalya into stone doubting her chastity when actually Lord Indra sexually harassed her.
		Then there was Draupadi who continued to live with her five wussy husbands even though they just watched helplessly as she was being disrobed in public by Dushasana.
		Maybe if Sita had a chance, she would have kept quite and not told the world that Ravana had kidnapped her.
	alpha-2.blogspot.com /2006/03/hear-me-too.html (3052 words)

	:: Natya -- Natyanjali 2003 ::
		After Yudhistra wages Draupadi, his wife, and loses her in a game of dice, she is dragged to the court and is insulted by the Kauravas.
		As Duryodhana taunts her by inviting her to sit on his lap and Dushasana gleefully attempts to disrobe her, Draupadi appeals to Lord Krishna for her protection.
		Lord Krishna showers his compassion on her and causes her robe to become endless.
	web.mit.edu /natya/www/natyanjali/natyanjali03.html (1449 words)

	India Currents News: The Arrest of the Kanchi Acharya
		People come and take refuge in its vast shade, make their home underneath it—live and die, laugh and fight, sometimes even unaware of what is providing them the blissful space.
		For a foe to go after every root and branch would be as futile as Dushasana trying to disrobe Draupadi of her unending sari.
		For, the knowledge explosion of the past few centuries has not only added alarmingly destructive weapons to man’s repertoire of armaments for conventional warfare but also amazing tools for the more insidious and deceitful psychological warfare.
	www.indiacurrents.com /news/view_article.html?article_id=0d4517931f1d3cf20e64adea46d332ad (990 words)

	Kritya :: Poetry In Our Time
		The Pandavas were five brothers, while their cousins Kauravas were hundred in number.
		Draupadi, the fire-born wife of the five Pandava brothers is disrobed by the Kaurava, Dushasana.
		She prays for divine intervention and Krishna (the dark flute-playing god) intervenes and clothes her.
	www.kritya.org /06/En/poetry_at_our_time5.html (361 words)

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