Was Shakuni married?

Shakuni's wife is unnamed, but some modern retelling name her Arshi. Uluka was his son and he served as a messenger during the Kurukshetra War. The epic's Ashvamedhika Parva mentions a descendant of Shakuni who ruled Gandhara after the battle of Kurukshetra.
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How many wives does Shakuni have?

His wife name was Arshi and they had two sons named uluka and vrikaasur. Uluka was killed in mahabharatam by Sahadev just before the death of Shakuni.
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Who was Shakuni in his previous birth?

It is believed that Shakuni was the personification of Dvapara Yuga . Dhritharashtra was married to Ghandhari who belonged to the Ghandhara family. Dhritharashtra imprisoned the entire Ghandhara family - king Subala and his 100 sons and tormented them.
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Did Shakuni really love Gandhari?

Shakuni always had a soft spot for his sister. He loved her above everything and would do anything for her. He convinced his father to give Gandhari's hand in marriage to Dhritarashtra.
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How many kids Shakuni have?

Shakuni had two sons namely Uluka and Vrikasur. Shakuni and Uluka were killed by shahdeva on the 18th day of war. Vrikasura was killed on 17th day of war by Nakula.
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Mysterious Historical Facts Behind Shakuni's Revenge || శకుని గురించి మీకు తెలియని ఆశ్చర్యకర నిజాలు



Who is older Gandhari or Shakuni?

Early life and marriage

Gandhari is regarded as an incarnation of the goddess Mati. She was the sister of Shakuni. During her maiden days, she is said to have impressed Lord Shiva through penance and received a boon to bear 100 children. However, the reason for her penance and her receiving such boon is unknown.
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Who killed Shakuni's family?

Who killed Shakuni in Mahabharat? Sahdev the younger pandava brother and portion of ashwini kumaras killed shakuni on eighteen day of mahabharat.
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Why did Shakuni hurt his leg?

Shakuni decides to take revenge and manipulate the Kauravas.
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Why Gandhari close her eyes?

Gandhari, Dhritarashtra's wife keeps her eyes covered because she does not want to see a world that her visually challenged husband cannot see. But although she is unable to see, she is intelligent enough to make guesses about the future, said V.S. Karunakarachariar in a discourse.
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Is Shakuni a good person?

He planned the disrobing of Draupadi; but he was good. He was responsible to put an end to the lineage of Kauravas, but he was good. He was Shakuni, the maternal uncle of Kauravas – Duryodhana and his 99 brothers; and YES, he WAS good!
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Who was Duryodhana in his next birth?

The eldest Kaurava was Duryodhana. His best friend was Karna. Karna was actually the eldest son of Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas. Because of circumstances, he was brought up as the son of charioteer.
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What happened to Shakuni's dice after his death?

The dice was never talked about later as it wasn't some Divyastra. Just a humble dice in the hand of a wicket player. And in case you may be wondering, no, dice wasn't made of the bones of Shakuni's father who was healthy and always sided with Hastinapur.
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Who was Eklavya in previous birth?

Who was Eklavya in his previous birth? Shraddha, First of all Eklavya was a Nishada prince but you know that Damayanti was also the queen of Nala a Nishada king.
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What is the name of son of Shakuni?

Shakuni had a sister named Gandhari, and many brothers among whom Achala and Vrishaka were the most prominent. Shakuni's wife is unnamed, but some modern retelling name her Arshi. Uluka was his son and he served as a messenger during the Kurukshetra War.
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Why did Shakuni go to heaven?

So Shakuni, was highly obliged with his planning skills, and he was very intelligent in conspiracies against Kauravas. It was his pledge to destroy the rajya of Bhishmpitamah… This is the reason, he got Heaven. Shakuni was the prince of gandhar kingdom later he became its king after the dead of his father (subala).
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Who ruled Gandhara when Shakuni was in Hastinapur?

According to this scripture, around 5500 years ago, Gandhara was ruled by King Subala. He had a daughter and a son named Gandhari and Shakuni. His daughter was married to Dhritrashtra, who was the prince of Hastinapur kingdom and later became the King.
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How many times Gandhari opened her eyes?

The epic tells the tale of what happens when Gandhari finally removes the blindfold. She does this twice in her life, once just before the war at Kuru-kshetra, and once only after. Both these stories come from folk retellings of the Mahabharata.
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How many brothers did Shakuni?

Shakuni had 99 brothers and was the 100th son of King Subala, hence is also known by the name Saubala. He held malice against Bhishma Pitamah and swore of end his Kuru clan because Bhishma had arranged Gandhari's marriage with Dhritarashtra, a blind man.
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What was Draupadi's curse?

“Draupadi had cursed Hastinapur that no woman will rise from here. That curse will be broken this time by a woman, and i will become a medium for it,” she said, with the confidence of a self-made person.
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How Shakuni got his dice?

When his father died, Shakuni kept some of his bones with him. After that once Shakuni became fascinated with gambling. He was very smart at gambling and due to this, he made dice from his father's bones. These dices only listened to Shakuni.
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Is Ashwathama still alive?

NO, Ashwatthama is NOT alive. He was cursed by the Supreme Krishna to wander in suffering for 3000 years.
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Who killed Dhritarashtra?

After the great war of Mahabharata, the grief-stricken blind king along with his wife Gandhari, sister-in-law Kunti, and half brother Vidura left Hastinapura for penance. It is believed that all of them (except Vidura who predeceased him) perished in a forest fire and attained Moksha.
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Why did Shakuni support duryodhan?

Shakuni used to support his nephew duryodhana who is jealous of pandavas. Even shakuni's father subala comes to rajasuya yagna performed by pandavas in indra prastha, just before they are called for the dice game. Originally Answered: Is it true that Shakuni wanted destruction of kauravas?
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How many sisters does Shakuni have?

Shakuni was the youngest prince of Gandhara, son of King Subala. He was the youngest of all 100 sons of Subala. Hence, Shakuni had 99 brothers and only sister Gandhari.
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Who put Shakuni in jail?

N Dutt - There is no mention that Dhritarastra imprisoned Shakuni and his father Subala. Shakuni was unhappy with Gandhari getting married to blind king Dritarastra. Gandhai did got a boon for 100 sons and probably that made Bhisma to make an arrangement for getting her married with Dritarastra.
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