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Gandhari's 100 sons from a lump of flesh

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The first test-tube-baby story: 100 sons and a daughter in ghee pots.

Gandhari serves Vyasa and is granted a boon of 100 sons. She stays pregnant two years; after Kunti bears Yudhishthira, she strikes her womb and delivers a hard mass of flesh. Vyasa divides it into 100 pieces (plus one for a daughter) and places them in pots of ghee; the Kauravas and Dushala emerge. Yuyutsu is born separately of a Vaishya woman.

Who: Gandhari, Vyasa, Dushala, Yuyutsu, Duryodhana

Bound to

Duryodhana born of Kali, braying like a donkey causes

Where this comes from

• devotional · Vedadhara, Fascinating birth story of the Kauravas
• commentary · Wikipedia: Gandhari

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