Shantanu

Shantanu
Shantanu
	Shantanu meets a beautiful woman,; who turns out to be the goddess Ganga.
Personal information
Parents	Pratipa (father); Sunanda (mother);
Siblings	Devapi (brother); Bahlika (brother)
Spouse	Ganga; Satyavati
Children	Biological Bhishma (from Ganga); Chitrangada and Vichitravirya (from Satyavati); Adopted Kripa and Kripi ;
Dynasty	Kuru-Chandravamsha

Shantanu (Sanskrit: शांतनु, शान्तनु) is a character in the Mahabharata, described as the a ruler of the Kuru Kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Chandravamsha, and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.

The ruler was the youngest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapura and had been born during the latter's latter years. His eldest brother, Devapi, had leprosy, and had given up his inheritance to become a hermit. The middle son, Bahlika, (or Vahlika) abandoned his paternal kingdom, and had started living with his maternal uncle in Balkh, subsequently inheriting his kingdom. Shantanu, thus, ascended the throne of Hastinapura.

He is best known for being the father of Bhishma (born as Devavrata), among the mightiest warriors of the epic.

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