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Satyavan

Also called: Satyavat, Chitrashva

Son of the blind, exiled Shalva king Dyumatsena, raised in a forest hermitage. Fated to die a year after his marriage; restored by Yama at Savitri's asking.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Satyavan's web

Relations 3

Satyavan blessed by

Yama (God) · Savitri and Satyavan
Restores him with a life of four hundred years.

Satyavan child of

Dyumatsena (King)
Father and son.

Satyavan consort of

Savitri (princess of Madra) (Mortal)
Wife and husband.

Stories 1

Savitri and Satyavan
From the epics · as her husband · 6 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § vana.292-295 Primary text (translation)