1) Character in the Mahabharata 
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Duryodhana (दुर्योधन,துரியோதனன், దుర్యోధన,ದುರ್ಯೋಧನ {IAST|duryodhana}), was the eldest of the hundred sons of blind king Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari. Despite being the first born son of the incumbent king, he becomes disqualified as heir to the t...
the first son of Dhritarashtra. His avarice caused the Kurukshetra War.