Bhishma

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Who is Bhishma?

In the epic Mahabharata, Bhishma was the eighth son of Kuru King Shantanu, who was blessed with wish-long life and had sworn to serve the ruling Kuru king. and grand uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas. An unparalleled archer, he once fought the mighty Parasurama. He also handed down the Vishnu Sahasranama to Yudhisthira when he was on his death bed in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

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on July 23, 2013

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