1. Shikhandi is a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
17 Facts About Shikhandi
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Shikhandi is the brother of Draupadi, the female protagonist of the epic, who is the common wife of the Pandavas.
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Shikhandi engages in combat with great warriors like Ashwatthama, Kripa, and Kritavarma.
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In Javanese wayang tradition, Shikhandi is known as Srikandhi and is born as a male, and changes into a female.
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Shikhandi becomes the second wife of the Pandava brother Arjuna, and Sembadra being the first.
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Shikhandi regretfully informed Amba of his failure to change his mind.
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Shikhandi went to the Panchala, as it were a mighty empire known for its military prowess.
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When Shikhandi was born to Drupada's queen, she was raised and dressed as a boy.
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When Shikhandi reached the traditional age of maturity, Drupada decided to offer her hand in marriage to the daughter of Hiranyavarman, the King of Dasharna.
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Distressed by her parents' suffering, Shikhandi left the city, deciding to fast to death.
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Shikhandi found a forest that humans were terrified to enter, because it was inhabited by a yaksha named Stunakarna.
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Shikhandi entered the premises of the yaksha, and started to perform austerities.
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When Stunakarna enquired regarding her practices, Shikhandi told him her tale.
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Shikhandi returned to his father as a man, and informed him of this incident.
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Shikhandi is made the commander of one of the seven akshauhinis of the Pandava army.
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However, with the assault of the warriors of the Pandava army, Arjuna and Shikhandi push through, and reach Bhishma.
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Dazed, Shikhandi is killed in a sword fight with Ashwatthama when Ashwatthama, Kripacharya, and Kritavarma attacked the Pandava camp at night.