Kripa

Kripa (कृप), lit. 'pity', also known as Kripacharya (कृपाचार्य) is a character in epic Mahabharata. He was a council member of Kuru Kingdom and a teacher of the Pandava and Kaurava princes.

Born to warrior-sage Sharadvan and apsara Janapadi in an extraordinary manner, Kripa and his twin-sister Kripi were adopted by King Shantanu of Kuru Kingdom. Kripa was trained by his birth father and became a great archer like him. Later in the epic, he fought on the Kaurava's side against the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra war and was among the three survivors on the Kaurava side, along with Ashwatthama and Kritavarma.