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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 01:14, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
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Kripa
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17th century painting of Kripa
- ... that in Hindu mythology, Kripa (pictured) was born from a clump of weeds after his father ejaculated on it? Source:The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section CXXX "The suddenness, however, of his mental agitation, caused an unconscious emission of his vital fluid [...] His vital fluid, however, having fallen upon a clump of heath, was divided into two parts, whence sprang two children that were twins [Kripa and Kripi]."
- ALT1:... that after the Pandavas won the Mahabharata War against the Kauravas, some surviving allies of the Kauravas, including Kripa (pictured), raided the camp of the Pandavas during their absence and massacred all the remaining warriors? Source: Penguin Companion to the Mahabharata "In the dead of night, in the absence of the PANDAVAS, Ashwathama went with KRITAVARMA and his maternal uncle KRIPA into the Pandava camp and killed the five sons of Draupadi along with DHRISTADYUMNA and SHIKHANDI".
Improved to Good Article status by 245CMR (talk). Self-nominated at 06:26, 28 May 2021 (UTC).
- Review.
The article achieved GA status two days ago. It is long enough, well written, interesting, cited. The hooks are cited inline. QPQ is not required for a first nomination. Copyvio is clear. Desertarun (talk) 15:19, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Desertarun: Thank you very much. .245CMR.•👥📜 15:27, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
- Review.
