<Li> Kaunteya - (Sanskrit: कौन्तेय, IAST: kaunteya, lit . son of Kunti). </Li> <P> As a young woman Kunti, the princess of the Kunti Kingdom, had been granted a boon by sage Durvasa to be able to invoke any deity to give her a child . Eager to test the power, while still unmarried, she called upon the solar deity Surya and was handed a son Karna wearing armour (Kavacha) and a pair of earrings (Kundala). Afraid of being an unwed mother and having an illegitimate son, Kunti placed the baby in a basket and set him afloat on a river . The child was found by Adhiratha, a charioteer of King Dhritarashtra of Hastinapur . Adhiratha and his wife Radha raised the boy as their own son and named him Vasusena . He also came to be known as Radheya, the son of Radha . </P> <P> Karna became interested in the art of warfare and approached Dronacharya, an established teacher who taught the Kuru princes . But he refused to take Karna as his student, since Karna was not a Kshatriya . However, according to some versions of the tale, appreciating Karna's boldness, Drona tells Adhiratha to call his son "Karna". After being refused by Drona, Karna wanted to learn advanced skills of archery and hence he decided to learn from Parashurama, Drona's own guru . </P> <P> As Parashurama only taught Brahmins, Karna appeared before him as such . Parashurama accepted him and trained him to such a point that he declared Karna to be equal to himself in the art of warfare and archery . On a day towards the end of his training, Karna happened to offer Parashurama his lap so his guru could rest his head and take a nap . While Parashurama was asleep, a bee stung Karna's thigh . Despite the pain, Karna did not move, so as to not disturb his guru . In some versions, Lord Indra became afraid of the fighting prowess of Karna and he himself took the form of a bee and stung Karna's thigh in order to benefit his son Arjuna . When Parashurama woke up and saw the blood oozing from Karna's wound, he at once deduced that Karna was not a Brahmin . Enraged, Parashurama accused Karna of stealing knowledge, and laid a curse upon Karna that he would forget all the knowledge required to wield the Brahmanda astra . </P>

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