SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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how many nights did bhisma survive on the bed of arrows
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58 nights
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a year
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12 nights
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40 nights
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -After spending fifty-one nights on the arrow bed, Bhishma left his body on the auspicious Uttarayana (winter solstice). Before his death, he passed down the Vishnu Sahasranama to Yudhishtira.
Detailed explanation-2: -Six arrows, he used to kill the rath driver of Bheeshm. With one arrow each he knocked down respectively the rath, flag and the bow of Bheeshm. Finally, with one more than four times the square root of arrows he laid Bheeshm unconscious on an arrow bed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Subramanian Swamy-Bhishma went to battle at the age 118 years.
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