Ghatotkacha

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Ghatotkacha
Karna and Ghatotkacha engaged in combat
Devanagari	घटोत्कच
Affiliation	Half-Rakshasa
Abode	Kamyaka Forest
Weapon	Gada (mace)
Battles	Kurukshetra War
Personal information
Born	Kamyaka Forest
Died	Kurukshetra
Parents	Bhima (father) Hidimbi (mother)
Spouse	Ahilawati
Children	Anjanaparva, Meghavarna, Barbarika

Ghatotkacha (Sanskrit: घटोत्कच, IAST: Ghaṭotkaca; lit. 'Bald Pot') is a prominent character in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata.^[1] His name comes from the fact that his head was hairless (utkacha) and shaped like a ghatam, or a pot.^[2] Ghatotkacha was the son of the Pandava Bhima and the demoness Hidimbi, and thus a half-human, half-demon hybrid.

He is the father of Anjanparva, Barbarika and Meghavarna. As the head of one akshauhini army, he was an important fighter from the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra war and caused a great deal of destruction to the Kaurava army. Ghatotkacha killed many demons like Alambusha, Alayudha, and many gigantic Asuras. He was specifically called out as the warrior who forced Karna to use his Vasavi Shakti weapon, and courted a hero’s death in the great war.