GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Sharadvan, who was performing tapas in the forest, came to know about his children and went to the palace of Kuru. He revealed their identity to the king and taught Kripa the four branches of Dhanurveda (archery). Kripa became a great archer like his father and taught warfare to many warriors and kings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kripa was among the Maharathis who fought on the Kauravas’s side against the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra war in the Hindu epic of the Mahabharata. Along with others, Kripa is considered to be foremost among the rishis in Kaliyuga. Kripa will also become one of the Saptarishi in the 8th Manvantar.

Detailed explanation-3: -On reaching adulthood, Kripa was the chief priest at the court of Hastinapura. His twin sister Kripi married Drona, the weapons master to the court-who, like her and her brother, had not been gestated in a womb, but outside the human body. He fought in the great battle of Kurukshetra for the Kaurava side.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Hindu epic the Mahabharata, Ashwatthama (Sanskrit: , romanized: Aśvatthāmā) or Drauni was the son of guru Drona and Kripi (sister of Kripacharya).