Ghatotkacha
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Ghatotkacha
This article is about a character from
Mahabharata
. For the Gupta ruler, please see
Ghatotkacha (Gupta Ruler)
Ghatotkacha (
Sanskrit
घटोत्कच), as per the
Mahabharata
epic, was the son of
Bhima
and
Hidimbi
. His maternal parentage made him half-
Rakshasa
, and gave him many magical powers that made him an important fighter in the
Kurukshetra
war, the climax of the epic. He got his name from his head, which was shaped like a pot (in
Sanskrit
,
Ghatam
means pot) .
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