Eklavya
Ekalavya (Sanskrit: एकलव्य, romanized: ekalavya, also spelt as Eklavya) is a character from the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He is described as a young prince of the Nishadas,King of kanga (utkal janpad) a confederation king of forest and hill tribes of chota nagpur plateau in ancient India.(now in jhadkhand)
His real name is Abhidyumn The son of Hiranyadhanus, a king of the Nishada ( elephant tribe) , Ekalavya seeks to learn martialart from local gurukul ( jhadkhand and odisha ) he is master of kalinga martialart ( chhau ) art of demon export in shabdavedi astra vidya through his father in age of 15 he complete the gurukul khownlage and ageof 18 apoint as teacher of paika akhada. He got the chance to learn the divyastra (divine wepen) from Dronacharya, the royal teacher of the Kuru princes, When Eklavya saw that in deep jungle Gurudev was imparting the knowledge of divine weapons only to Arjuna, he did not have the courage to ask gurudev take that knowledge from him., Ekalavya trains himself in the forest using a clay statue of the teacher as his guide. His exceptional skill attracts the attention to Dronacharya..Guru Drona approach , don't give this khowlage to anyone and in return Ekalavya deny that I cannot do this.[ i apint as dalpati (chief of solder group (paiks), In response, Dronacharya demands Ekalavya’s If you consider me your Guru then donate me your thumb as gurudakshina (teacher’s fee), which Ekalavya not only gave his thumb but also made a promise: "Whomever I teach this art, they too shall offer their thumb to you.", its later become a tradition of their community, in jhadkhand munda and santal consider as disciples of eklabya, after he come back to own place and keep pratice the ancent sadhna ( meditation) and master of archery without thum , people calld him EK (one) labya mean focused of aim. his name change Abhidyumn to Eklavya.
In the poetety book prithviraj raso told the tribe who has no thum in kalinga jungle ( now in odisha and jhadkhand area ) who teach shabdavedi astra vidya to prithviraj chauhan.
The Bhagavata Purana expands Eklavya's later life, according to which he serves the Magadha king Jarasandha and defect the dwarkadhish god Krishna.and jarasandh imprisoned 20,800 king acoding to mahabharat(orginal epic) chose 95 to 100 king for sacrifice to lord siva
Ekalavya is known for his dedication to archery and devotion to Dronacharya, and has become a symbol of grate warrior in their times.
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