Reading Notes: Tiny Tales, Mahabharata, Part A

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A majority of the plot in part A is to introduce the characters to the reader through short stories. 

Some of the characters were...

Arjuna: Son of Kunti and "Pandu"

Vidura: Son of Vyasa and a maid,, reincarnation of Yama god of dharma

Vichitravirya: 2nd son of Shantanu and Satyavati

Dhrishtadyumna: son of Drupada, set to kill Drona

Yuyutsu: Son of Dhritarashtra and a maid

Nakula and Sahadeva: twin sons of "Pandu" and Madri

Kunti: 1st wife of Pandu

Ambika and Ambalika: sisters of Amba Wives of Vichitravirya 

Amba: daughter of King Kashya, would somehow cause Brishma's death

Chitrangada: Son of Shantanu and Satyavati

Devavrata: 8th son of Shantanu, Later called Bhishma

Draupadi: daughter of Drupada, set to divide and destroy Hastinapura

100 sons and One daughter of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari in which Duryodhana was the eldest son

Madri: 2nd wife of Pandu

Bibliography: Laura Gibbs, Tiny Tales from the Mahabharata