कुन्तिभोज
[kuntibhoja] IAST: KUNTIBHOJA
General
A King of the यदु dynasty; son of the sister of शूरसेन , who was the father of वसुदेव and grandfather of श्री कृष्ण . (For genealogy see under Śrī Kṛṣṇa) . कुन्तिभोज was also the foster-father of कुन्ती , the daughter of शूरसेन . (See Para 1, under Kuntī 1)
Other information
He participated in the राजसूय यज्ञ of युधिष्ठिर . [mh-2-34-12 ] .
The son of कुन्तिभोज also became famous under the same name, and पुरुजित् was the son of this कुन्तिभोज . Both of them were uncles of the पाण्डवस् . [mh-8-6-22 ] .
On the first day of the कुरुक्षेत्र war कुन्तिभोज and his sons fought with विन्द and अनुविन्द . [mh-6-45-72 ] ,
It was कुन्तिभोज who occupied the नेत्रस्थान ( एये - पोसितिओन् ) of the क्रौञ्चव्यूह set up by धृष्टद्युम्न . [mh-6-50-47 ] .
कुन्तिभोज and शतानीक occupied the पादस्थान (foot position) of the मकरव्यूह on the पाण्डव side. [mh-6-75-11 ] .
He possessed a noble and high-bred horse. [mh-7-23-46 ] .
In the great war he fought with अलम्बुष . [mh-7-16-183 ] .
Ten of his children were killed by अश्वत्थामा . [mh-7-96-18 ] .
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