[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1556 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1556 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1556 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1556](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1556) BĀLĀKI. (VALĀKI). One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Mention is made in the Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 2, that Valāki had been present on the occasion of the svayaṃvara (wedding) of Draupadī. - [Previous: c4.1555](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1555) - [Next: c4.1557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1557) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1556](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1556) · Pramāṇa