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चित्रांगद (citrAMgada)

 
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चित्रांगद १ / CITRĀṄGADA I. (citrāṅga). See under citrāṅga I.
चित्रांगद २ / CITRĀṄGADA II. A son of the Mahārāja śantanu. King śantanu of the candra dynasty had two wives, gaṅgā and satyavatī. bhīṣma is the son born of gaṅgā
of satyavatī were born two sons, citrāṅgada and vicitravīrya. They were very brave and learned. After ruling his kingdom for a long period, living with satyavatī and the three children śantanu passed away. Because bhīṣma dedicated himself to a life of unbroken chastity citrāṅgada was crowned King. Once when he went to the forest for hunting he met with a gandharva of the same name. Both did not like the other to keep the same name and so a fight ensued. It was fought in kurukṣetra and lasted for three years. In the end citrāṅgada was killed. bhīṣma felt very sorry and after asking vicitravīrya to perform the funeral rites crowned him as King. (devī bhāgavata, Prathama skandha).
चित्रांगद ३ / CITRĀṄGADA III. A gandharva. See under citrāṅgada II.
चित्रांगद ४ / CITRĀṄGADA IV. One of the Kings who attended the svayaṁvara of draupadī. He might have been the King of either kaliṅga or Daśārṇa because both these states were then ruled by a citrāṅgada, (Śloka 22, Chapter 185, Ādi Parva).
चित्रांगद ५ / CITRĀṄGADA V. A king of kaliṅga. Almost all the Kings of bhārata attended a svayaṁvara once held at the palace of this King. (Śloka 2, Chapter 4, śānti Parva).
चित्रांगद ६ / CITRĀṄGADA VI. A king of Daśārṇa. He blocked the sacrificial horse sent out by dharmaputra during the Aśvamedhayajña and arjuna killed him. (aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 83, Śloka 7).
चित्रांगद ७ / CITRĀṄGADA VII. A deer. A character in the stories in the book ‘Pañcatantra Stories’ (See B-2 in pañcatantra).