Talk:Ashvatthama

about Ashvatthama's Wife & Heir

Thanks to wikipedians for recent update in the article. I am very much interested hindu mythology. I was working a project about Chiranjeevins in last 6 to seven years. I have collected wast data about the Chiranjeevins. But i am unable to get any clear image about Ashvatthama's wife and heir(kid). The same age pandavas and kaurava are getting married and some others are got grandchilds too. But why Ashvatthama did not marry a women ? or he cursed by some rishi in the matter ? Please help to me. (Gnuismail (talk) 10:17, 22 October 2010 (UTC))

HE IS A RISHI AND HE FOLLOWED THE LIFE OF A BRAHMACHARI Arjunkrishna90 (talk) 13:56, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Is Ashvatthama really Alive...???????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.168.24.3 (talk) 17:31, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

I am wondering the samething. Is he still alive as Krishna cursed him that he will live till the end of Kaliyug. 98.247.41.69 (talk) 19:09, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Themes/Analysis section

There is no analysis, and no discussion of themes in this section. It is just a rehash of several plot points. No citations are provided. This section should be removed.

All the long quotes in this article must also be removed. It is against wikipedia to plagiarize directly from other sources.Pinkfloyd11 (talk)

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A few things I noticed on first appearance.

Dear All, Good evening! Eventhogh from India, I am not really well versed with Mahabharatha. But if I remember correctly, Aswatthatma is the most correct spelling in English I can find. Also, Krishna is supposed to be an Avatar of MahaVishnu, who had a tendency to tell lies or to get things done in a crooked way. It is depicted easily in the story of Samudra Manthan. So it may not have been a curse, and since he was on Pandava's side, a blessing to the Kaurava's side has to be done discretely. Also the the term Atma(As I know) in his name should make him live happily forever. I feel bad to put it here, and also being a Hindu converted to Christianity, I always used to feel that Kaurava's were on the right side than Pandava's. And by death, as far as I know gives you chance to reach Moksha. Thnaks and Best regards, George A P, Kochi, Kerala, india, 19, March, 2023. Geogap (talk) 14:47, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Missing sources

@Seyamar, the bibliographic information for the sources Fitzegarld (1975) [#1 and #9 in the reference list] and Williams (1872) [#3] is missing from the Bibliography. I think that you added these references – could you add the source details too? Many thanks, Wham2001 (talk) 07:52, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

@Wham2001 For:

• Fitzgerald (1975); it was a date error (inst of 1975, it is 2004); fixed
• Williams (1872): added in bibliography

Seyamar^💬📜 07:58, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

That was super-quick – thank-you! Wham2001 (talk) 08:02, 5 July 2025 (UTC)