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Shakuni

Antagonist in the Mahabharata

Fictional character

Shakuni (Sanskrit: शकुनि, IAST: Śakuni, lit. 'bird') is one of the antagonists of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the prince of the kingdom of Gandhara when introduced, later becoming its king after the death of his father, Subala. He was the brother of Gandhari and the maternal uncle of the Kauravas.

Portrayed as crafty and devious, Shakuni supported his nephews, particularly the eldest, Duryodhana, in plotting against their cousins—the Pandavas. It was Shakuni who played the game of dice against Yudhishthira, one of the seminal events in the epic. Using his skills of manipulation and foul play, he won the game twice, causing the exile of the Pandavas and the consolidation of the power of the Kauravas.^[2] During the Kurukshetra War between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, Shakuni was killed by the youngest Pandava, Sahadeva.

Etymology and epithets

The Sanskrit word Śakuni means 'a large bird', often used for denoting a vulture. Other figures with the same name include a serpent, a

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Shakuni - A Villian or a Victim of Circumstance?

Jaya - An Illustrated Retelling of Mahabharata

Shakuni, also lesser-known as Saubala, was the prince of the Gandhara Kingdom, which is the present-day Kandahar in Afghanistan. He is famed for being one of the pivotal negative characters of the Hinduepic, the Mahabharata – a villain, who is believed to have veritably changed the landscape of the epic. The brother of Gandhari (wife of the blind King, Dhritarashtra), Shakuni is the maternal uncle of Duryodhana (the eldest son of Dhritarashtra and the leader of the Kauravas), and also the central negative character in the Mahabharata.

Shakuni was extremely intelligent and equally devious as well. Oft times, he is said to be the mastermind behind the great war of Kurukshetra. This character of Shakuni, however, is mired in controversy, with many experts choosing to believe that he was not quite as insidious as he is considered to be.

Who was Shakuni in reality? Was he the villain or just a vastly misunderstood entity; a victim or circumstance? Did he have a better

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Shakuni Of Epic Mahabharata: A Factual Study

The Epic Mahabharata never presented Shakuni as a scheming villain or vily uncle who influenced Duryodhana and guided him in all his evil doings. Retelling, fiction, and TV shows created a different Shakuni altogether, projecting him as the antagonist who drove the cousins to clash at Kurukshetra.

Shakuni was one among the evil four – Duryodhana, Dussasana, Karna, and he himself. True, but he did not instigate Duryodhana at every step to create problems for Pandavas.

Here is a look into the role played by Shakuni in the lives of Kauravas in general and Duryodhana in particular.

Shakuni was not against Gandhari’s marriage to Dhritarashtra

Shakuni willingly accompanied Gandhari to Hastinapur to get her married to blind Dhritarashtra.

King Suvala at first hesitated on account of the blindness of the bridegroom, but taking into consideration the blood of the Kurus, their fame, and behavior, he gave his virtuous daughter unto Dhritarashtra and the chaste Gandhari hearing that Dhritarashtra was blind and that her parents had con