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Name all the hundred Kauravas in Mahabharata

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In this chapter of the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, Vaishampayana tells Arjuna's great-grandson Janamejaya all 101 sons of Dhritarashtra:

Their names, O king, according to the order of birth, are Duryodhana, Yuyutsu, Duhsasana, Duhsaha, Duhsala, Jalasandha, Sama, Saha, Vinda and Anuvinda, Durdharsha, Suvahu, Dushpradharshana, Durmarshana and Durmukha, Dushkarna, and Karna; Vivinsati and Vikarna, Sala, Satwa, Sulochana, Chitra and Upachitra, Chitraksha, Charuchitra, Sarasana, Durmada and Durvigaha, Vivitsu, Vikatanana; Urnanabha and Sunabha, then Nandaka and Upanandaka; Chitravana, Chitravarman, Suvarman, Durvimochana; Ayovahu, Mahavahu, Chitranga, Chitrakundala, Bhimavega, Bhimavala, Balaki, Balavardhana, Ugrayudha; Bhima, Karna, Kanakaya, Dridhayudha, Dridhavarman, Dridhakshatra, Somakitri, Anudara; Dridhasandha, Jarasandha, Satyasandha, Sada, Suvak, Ugrasravas, Ugrasena, Senani, Dushparajaya, Aparajita, Kundasayin, Visalaksha, Duradhara; Dridhahasta, Suhasta, Vatavega, and Suvarchas; Adityaketu, Vahvashin, Nagadatta, Agrayayin; Kavachin, Krathana, Kunda, Kundadhara, Dhanurdhara; the heroes, Ugra and Bhimaratha, Viravahu, Alolupa; Abhaya, and Raudrakarman, and Dridharatha; Anadhrishya, Kundabhedin, Viravi, Dhirghalochana Pramatha, and Pramathi and the powerful Dhirgharoma; Dirghavahu, Mahavahu, Vyudhoru, Kanakadhvaja; Kundasi and Virajas.

And yes, I said 101 sons, not 100, because in addition to the hundred Kauravas, Dhritarashtra had one additional son, Yuyutsu, with a Vaishya woman. As I discuss in this answer about the birth of the Kauravas, Gandhari was pregnant with the Kauravas for two years. Dhritarashtra was worried that Gandhari would never give birth, so as a precaution he decided to have a son with a Vaishya woman, as described in this chapter of the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata. In any case, as I discuss in this answer, Yuyutsu was a virtuous individual who decided to switch to the Pandava side in the Mahabharata war, and he served as a regent when the Pandavas left their kingdom to Arjuna's grandson Parikshit.

And in addition to his 101 sons, Dhritarashtra also had a daughter named Duhsala. She was born the same way as the 100 Kauravas, as I discuss in this answer. And she married Jayadratha, a king who fought on the Kaurava side, infamous for blocking the Pandavas from rescuing Arjuna's son Abhimanyu during the Mahabharata war.


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