In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Babruvahana (Sanskrit: बब्रुवाहन) is the son of Arjuna, a Pandava prince, and Chitrangada, the princess of Manipur.

On the advice of sages, he conducted Ashvamedha yagna, where a decorated horse would be sent across the kingdom and wherever it goes unopposed, the land would be acquired by the king who sent it.

Arjuna, reluctant to fight a young boy, left and informed a small troop of his army to convince Babruvahana to give the horse back.

Knowing this, Arjuna grew enraged as Vrishaketu had been very dear to him, as he had been his elder brother Karna's son, and took an oath to kill Babruvahana or immolate himself if he gets defeated.

[3] The story of Babruvahana has been made into films in Telugu in 1942 and 1964 and in Kannada starred Dr Rajkumar in dual role in 1977.

The 1964 Telugu film Babruvahana was written and directed by Samudrala Sr. and starred N. T. Rama Rao, S. Varalakshmi and Chalam.