page_title: Kripa
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Kripa / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: "Battle Scene Between Kripa and Shikhandi from a Mahabharata. This charged scene is from the Mahabharata Great Story of the Bharatas, a sacred Hindu epic of ancient India that narrates the great war between two related clans, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The battle scene gains vigor from the forcefully drawn figures as well as the myriad arrows activating the salmon-colored ground. "
context_page_description: Kripa, also known as Kripacharya or Krupacharya or better phonetically written as Kṛpāchārya is fourth Avatar of Brahma and is an important character in the Mahābhārata, one of the Chiranjivi. He is the son of Śaradvān and Jānapadī, born in a particularly extraordinary manner. He is the grandson of Maharishi Gautama. He is a descendant of sage Angiras. He along with his sister Kripi were adopted by King Shantanu. Later on Kripa became an acharya, teacher of the royal children, giving him the name Kripacharya. His twin sister Kripi married Drona. 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 Manvantara.
context_section_description: When Śaradvān came to know of these children he came to the palace, revealed their identity and performed the various rituals which are performed for the children of Brahmins. He also taught the children archery, the Vedas, and other Shashtras.
  The children grew up to become experts in the art of warfare. Kripa was now assigned the task of teaching the young princes all about warfare. 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. He was one of the three survivors remaining from the Kaurava side. Afterwards, he was appointed to be the teacher and preceptor of Parikshit, the grandson of Arjuna.
caption: Kripa fights Shikhandi.
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