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Chitrasena the Gandharva

A Gandharva king of Indra's court, called Arjuna's friend and teacher. On Indra's order he captures Duryodhana at the Dvaitavana lake and releases him at Yudhishthira's request. The Vishnu Purana names a Chitrasena among the Gandharvas of the sun's chariot.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer; The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) · see Chitrasena the Gandharva's web

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Chitrasena the Gandharva teacher of

Arjuna (King) · Chitrasena the Gandharva captures Duryodhana
Indra calls Arjuna the friend and disciple of Chitrasena.

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Chitrasena the Gandharva captures Duryodhana
From the epics · as the Gandharva king · 1 telling

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § vana.244 Primary text (translation)
The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) § 2.10 Primary text (translation)