Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira

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Vedic royal consecration ritual event in the Mahabharata

The Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira is the grand royal consecration ritual in the Mahabharata through which Yudhishthira asserts his imperial sovereignty over other kings, setting the stage for the epic’s ensuing rivalries and conflict.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rajasuya sacrifice at Indraprastha	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vedic royal consecration ritual ⓘ event in the Mahabharata ⓘ
advisedBy	Bhishma NERFINISHED ⓘ Drona NERFINISHED ⓘ Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ Vidura NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Kuru dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnRitualType	Rajasuya yajna ⓘ
causesConflictWith	Shishupala NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabha Parva NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresRitual	arghya offering to the foremost guest ⓘ
foremostGuestChosenAs	Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreContext	Itihasa ⓘ
hostedBy	Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesEvent	insult and rage of Shishupala ⓘ slaying of Shishupala by Krishna ⓘ
involves	collection of tribute from other kings ⓘ honouring of distinguished guests ⓘ performance of elaborate Vedic rites ⓘ royal consecration ceremony ⓘ
languageOfSource	Sanskrit ⓘ
narrativeRole	intensifies rivalry between Kauravas and Pandavas ⓘ sets the stage for the Kurukshetra War ⓘ
organizedBy	Krishna NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedBy	Yudhishthira NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedFor	assertion of imperial sovereignty ⓘ royal consecration of Yudhishthira as emperor ⓘ
precedesEvent	Duryodhana’s humiliation in the Maya Sabha ⓘ Duryodhana’s jealousy of the Pandavas ⓘ dice game at Hastinapura ⓘ
precondition	conquest of directions by the Pandavas ⓘ subjugation of surrounding kings ⓘ
symbolizes	Yudhishthira’s status as Chakravartin ⓘ political supremacy of the Pandavas ⓘ
takesPlaceIn	Indraprastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeInEpic	after building of Indraprastha ⓘ before the dice game ⓘ
tradition	Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
witnessedBy	Bhishma NERFINISHED ⓘ Drona NERFINISHED ⓘ Duryodhana NERFINISHED ⓘ Karna NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakuni NERFINISHED ⓘ many kings of Bharata ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sabha Parva → centralEvent → Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira ⓘ

Yudhishthira → notableEvent → Rajasuya sacrifice of Yudhishthira ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rajasuya sacrifice at Indraprastha