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Abyoso

Height 59 cm, width 16 cm
Order Number: SPC1

Background: He was the common grandfather of the Pandawa and Kurawa. He was the King of Ngastina and ruled the great kingdom in justice, peace and prosperity. His three sons were afflicted. Drestarata, the first, was blind. Pandu, the second, was an albino. Widura, the third, was lame.

Abyoso abdicated in middle age to devote himself to meditation. He named Pandu as his successor on the understanding the throne would revert to Drestarata’s line. Many thought Pandu was entitled to name his own successor. This was the origin of the dispute between Drestarata’s sons (the Kurawa) and Pandu’s sons (the Pandawa), which was settled by the last war. After the last war, he performed the purification rites.