Kauravas

[ kou-ruh-vahz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. (in the Mahabharata ) the cousins and enemies of the Pandavas.

Example Sentences

“We had 100 Kauravas from one mother because of stem cell and test tube technology,” said G. Nageshwar Rao, vice chancellor at Andhra University, referring to a story from the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

From The Guardian

The man who had tried to publicly undress the Pan- davas’ wife, Draupadi, after the Kauravas had won her in a game of dice.

From Literature

Local traditions says that, when the great war which is described in the Mahābhārata was about to begin, the Kauravas, the opponents of the Pāndavas, to bring them success, sacrificed a white elephant.

From Project Gutenberg

The Mahabharata is a great poetic narrative of a conflict between the two branches of the Bharata family—the Pandavas and the Kauravas—for the petty kingdom of Hastinapura, near the modern city of Delhi.

From Project Gutenberg

It contains an account of the struggle between the Pandavas, or five sons of Pandu, and the Kauravas, or hundred sons of Dhritavashtra, in which the latter are ultimately defeated in their attempt to obtain the kingdom of Ngastina.

From Project Gutenberg