The Mahabharata portrays Iravan as dying a heroic death in the 18-day Kurukshetra War ( Mahabharata war ), the epic's main subject.
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Iravan grew up in Nagaloka, protected by his mother, but was rejected by his maternal uncle because of the latter's hatred of Arjuna.
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But Krishna, the benefactor of Pandavas smelt trouble and he devised a plan to persuade Iravan to be the representative of the Pandavas and also of the Kauravas.
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But Alamvusha in turn killed Iravan, Arjuna's son by a Nga princess Ulupi, when the Rakshasa used his powers of illusion to take on the form of Garuda.
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The two get married and have a son named Iravan; later, Arjuna proceeds with his pilgrimage, leaving Iravan and Ulupi behind in Nagaloka, the abode of the Nagas.
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The two get married and have a son named Iravan; later, Arjuna proceeds with his pilgrimage, leaving Iravan and Ulupi behind in Nagaloka, the abode of the Nagas.
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After reaching maturity, Iravan, hoping to be reunited with his father, departs for Indraloka, the abode of the god Indra, who is also Arjuna's father.
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Alf Hiltebeitel, George Washington University professor of religion, suggests that the Sanskrit name Iravan or Iravant is derived from I -vant, " one who possessed I ".
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Iravan is described as being born " parakshetre ", literally " in a region belonging to another person ", interpreted by Hiltebeitel as " upon the wife of another ".
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On the eighth day of the war, Iravan combats the princes of Gandhara, sons of king Suvala, and the younger brothers of Shakuni, the treacherous maternal uncle of the Kauravas.
