Author: Vyasa

characters & groups

Vasus: eight celestial beings cursed to be born mortal
- Wanted Ganga to bear them and drown them in a river to release from the hardships of a mortal life
Bharatas: lived in Hastinapura
- Shantanu: leader
  - Ganga: river goddess, wife
  - Had known each other in a prior existence
Satyavati: daughter of a fisherman or royal seer
- Parashara: great sage, rapist
  - Vysa: son

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