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Fictional character
Kartavirya Arjuna
Kartavirya Arjuna defeats young Ravana (right)
In-universe information
Family
Kritavirya(father)
Spouse
Manoramā[1]
Kartavirya Arjuna (Sanskrit: कार्तवीर्य अर्जुन, Kārtavīrya Arjuna; also known as Sahasrabahu Arjuna or Sahasrarjuna) was a king of an ancient Haihayas kingdom with capital at Mahishmati which is on the banks of Narmada River in the current state of Madhya Pradesh. Kartavirya was son of Kritavirya, king of the Haihayas. According to the Puranas, Haihaya was the grandson of Sahasrajit, son of Yadu. This is his patronymic, by which he is best known; he is also referred to simply as Arjuna. He is described as having a thousand hands and a great devotee of god Dattatreya.
One of the several such accounts states that Arjuna conquered Mahishmati city from Karkotaka Naga, a Naga chief and made it his fortress-capital.[2]
Almost 100 manuscripts on the worship of Kārtavīrya have been found mostly in the royal libraries of the Hindu Rajas. The states in which the manuscripts are still available are: Udaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Bharatpur, and Alwar of Rajasthan, and further in Mysore.[3]
^Brahmavaivarta Purana Ganesha Khanda (Third Canto) Chapter 34.Verses 6-7, English translation by Shantilal Nagar Parimal Publications Page 643 Link: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-puran-gita-press-gorakhpur
^Pargiter, F.E. (1972) [1922]. Ancient Indian Historical Tradition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p.265-7
^Tripathi, Gaya-Charan (1979). "The Worship of Kārtavīrya-Arjuna: On the Deification of a Royal Personage in India". The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 111 (1): 37–52. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00135026. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25211000. S2CID 162854232.
KartaviryaArjuna (Sanskrit: कार्तवीर्य अर्जुन, KārtavīryaArjuna; also known as Sahasrabahu Arjuna or Sahasrarjuna) was a king of an ancient Haihayas...
Chandravanshi (Yadava) kings in central and western India. It was ruled by KartaviryaArjuna, who defeated Ravana. Its capital was Mahishmati on the banks of river...
the killing of Jamadagni by KartaviryaArjuna, and the revenge of Parashurama resulting in the death of KartaviryaArjuna, exist in other texts. The Bhagavata...
Narmada River. It was the kingdom of Chaktavartin Samrat Sahastraarjun, KartaviryaArjuna a Heheya king. Lately, after many years, it was the capital of the...
Mahabharata, the Pandavas and the Kauravas were from the lineage of Puru. KartaviryaArjuna, Krishna and Balarama were from the lineage og Yadu. Turvasu's descendants...
persons with the name) Arjuna, a figure in the Hindu epic Mahabharata KartaviryaArjuna, a character in Hindu mythology Arjun (Firoz Khan) (fl. 1984–2016)...
sandals and an umbrella. Jamadagni was once visited by the Haihaya king KartaviryaArjuna and his retinue (who was said to have thousand arms/hands), to whom...
goddess. According to one legend, the Haihaya King Sahasrarjuna (KartaviryaArjuna) wanted the Kamadhenu cow from Jamadagni and Renuka. So for this he...
granted as a boon, an axe after a penance to Shiva. Once, the king KartaviryaArjuna and his hunting party halted at the ashrama of Jamadagni, the father...
lunar dynasty, claiming descent from the legendary Haihaya ruler KartaviryaArjuna, who ruled from Mahishmati. This claim occurs in several Kalachuri...
a king of Mahishmati. It goes on to mention that the Haihaya king KartaviryaArjuna ruled the entire earth from his capital Mahishmati (13:52). He was...
priest. When his son, Jamadagni, is murdered by the Haihaya king, KartaviryaArjuna, his son, Parashurama, the incarnation of Vishnu, slays him. When...
temper, having lost his father to the wicked Kshatriya KartaviryaArjuna (not to be confused with Arjuna of Mahabharata). Parashurama's weapon had supernatural...
Kartaviryarjuna over Surabhi, the divine cow. As the story goes, King KartaviryaArjuna (Sahasrarjuna) and his army visited Jamadagni, Parasurama's father...
comment on society. Ravana is speaking to Narada about his own prowess (KartaviryaArjuna Vijayam): The kingdom of the Gandhara ruler Has turned into a mere...
Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, Ravana is said to have fought and lost to KartaviryaArjuna. Ravana was vanquished by the Ikshvaku King Mandhata, an ancestor...
identified by Fleet with the Kalachuris who traces their descent from KartaviryaArjuna of the Haihaya tribe of the antiquity. Some other scholars like Dr...
Haihayas, and traced their ancestry to the legendary Haihaya ruler KartaviryaArjuna. According to numismatist Pankaj Tandon, they may have been descendants...
(Surabhi is the daughter of cow Kamadhenu). A king named KartaviryaArjuna (not to be confused with Arjuna, the Pandava) learns about this cow of plenty and...
Kirathamoorthy that is Vettakkaran. The legend is that Prathishta was done by KartaviryaArjuna.[citation needed] The legend that this temple had the prathishta of...
(Vishvamitra) stole the wish-granting cow of Vashistha, just like KartaviryaArjuna had once stole the cow of Jamadagni. The barkcloth on the bosom of...
Avantis, Tundikeras and Jatas. Haihaya rulers included the legendary KartaviryaArjuna, a powerful king who defeated Ravana. Although he had a thousand arms...
from Datta Swamy. KartaviryaArjuna, a prince born with defects seeks refuge at Datta Swamy's feet. On passing his divine test, Kartavirya is bestowed with...
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