A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.530
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.530
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DUH-SĀSANA. ‘Hard to rule.’ One of the hundred sons of Dhrita-rāshṭra. When the Pāṇḍavas lost their wife Draupadī in gambling with Dur-yodhana, Duh-sāsana dragged her forward by the hair and otherwise ill-used her. For this outrage Bhīma vowed he would drink his blood, a vow which he afterwards performed on the sixteenth day of the great battle.