Image: Parashurama and Bhishma

Parasurama and Bhisma fighting over Amba

Persian translation of the Mahabharata (Add5639)

(British Library)

For more about Parashurama, Bhishma, and Amba see Wikipedia.

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Bhishma and Yudhishthira
manuscript by Da'ud, 1598
(Wikimedia)

In this scene from the Razmnama (a version of the Mahabharata translated into Persian), Bhishma tells Yudhishthira the story of King Brahmadatta and the bird Pujani.

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Bhishma advises Yudhishthira and the Pandavas
North India, 1598

(Ashmolean Museum)

You can find out more about the Razmnama (Persian Mahabharata) at Wikipedia.

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Image: Bhishma and Yudhishthira

Bhishma and Yudhishthira

North India, 1598

(Ashmolean Museum)

From the Museum site: This illustration comes from a dispersed manuscript of the Razmnama, a Persian translation of the great Hindu Mahabharata epic made during Akbar’s reign. It depicts Bhishma seated on a carpet in a landscape. Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira in the nature of the soul, or the recognition of the jivatman and the dharmatman. The work was probably commissioned by Akbar’s leading minister, Abd ur-Rahim Khankhanan, and executed by artists trained in the imperial studio.

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Image: Bhishma and Yudhishthira

Bhishma and Yudhishthira

from the Razm-nama; Mughal, ca. 1598-1600

(Wikimedia)

See Wikipedia for more about Bhishma and Yudhishthira.

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Bhishma faces Krishna in battle

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You can read more about Bhishma at Wikipedia.

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Krishna wields a chariot wheel (not a "weapon"), while Arjuna attempts to restrain him:

Bhishma:

Image: Bhishma will not fight Shikhandin

Bhishma will not fight Shikhandin

(illustrated Mahabharata)

For more about Bhishma and Shikhandin, see Wikipedia.

Image: Arjuna saves Bhishma from Krishna

Arjuna saves Bhishma from Krishna

(illustrated Mahabharata)

You can read more about Bhishma at Wikipedia: "there was an intense battle between Bhishma and Arjuna. Although Arjuna was very powerful, he was no match for Bhishma. Bhishma soon shot arrows which cut Arjuna's armour and then also his Gandiva bow's string. Arjuna was helpless before the wrath of his grand-uncle. As Bhishma was about to kill Arjuna with his arrows, Sri Krishna who took vow of not raising a weapon in the war, lifted a chariot wheel and threatened Bhishma. Arjuna stopped Lord Krishna. Arjuna convinced Krishna to return to the chariot and put down the wheel, promising to redouble his determination in the fight. Thus Bhishma fulfilled his vow."

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Image: Bhishma on the bed of arrows

Image: Bhishma on the bed of arrows. 

(illustrated Mahabharata)

Note that Arjuna has just shot an arrow to bring forth a spring of water so that Bhishma can drink the water.

Image: Bhishma at the Swayamvara

Bhishma at the Swayamvara,

carrying away the three sisters, including Amba.

(illustrated Mahabharata)

Image: Bhishma takes his vow

Devavrata takes a bhishama pratigya, 

a "terrible vow," hence his name: Bhishma.

(by Raja Ravi Varma)

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Image: Ganga, Bhishma, and Shantanu

Image source: Ganga, Bhishma, and Shantanu

Image: Bhishma on the Bed of Arrows

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Image: The Death of Bhishma

Image source: The Death of Bhishma

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Image: Bhishma on the Bed of Arrows

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Image source: Bhishma Falls

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