Abstract
Trans-genders roles, contributions, sacrifices, achievements, anger, agony, desire and objectives are not less than others. The significance of Shikhandi cannot be devaluated, underestimated or neglected due to any of the reasons. My study of ‘Shikhandi’ as Trans-gender is to re-establish the participations of this marginalized section. A thorough study of the character will surely enhance and add certain attributes to the stereotyped thought process of the existing world. As it is evident that the Mahabharata has been recognized as one of the oldest, largest and most popular epics of the world. It has been acknowledged as one of the most significant epics out of two-The Ramayana and The Mahabharata. The epic has immense religious and philosophical significance in india as well as outside. It consists of a mass of mythological and didactic material.
Highlights
The Mahabharata has been recognized as one of the oldest, largest and most popular epics of the world
The epic has immense religious and philosophical significance in india as well as outside. It consists of a mass of mythological and didactic material
The purpose of study and examination of SHIKHANDI- a typical character of the epic is to understand the very purpose behind its creation and its impacts on the readers and believers
Summary
The Mahabharata has been recognized as one of the oldest, largest and most popular epics of the world. Different versions of Mahabharata narrate the previous birth of Shikhandi as Amba. Amba was the eldest daughter of the King Kashi She was taken by force by Bhishma along with her sisters Ambika and Ambalika as punishment to the Kingdom of Kashi for not inviting Hastinapur to the ceremony. It is mentioned that before Kauravas’ and Pandavas’ war in the Kurukshetra, she was reborn as Shikandini, the daughter of king Draupada Another version of Mahabharata narrates that Shikhandi was the incarvnation of a rakshasa (domon). Shikhandi’s Gender So far as the available records are concerned, Shikhandi is male but born female It is said that he performed austerities (Tapashya) in the dense forest and transformed into a male named Shikhandi Another version of Mahabharata narrates different story of Shikhandi.
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