[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) › c4.1562 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1562 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1562 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1562](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1562) BALĀNIKA (VALĀNIKA) I. A son of the King Drupada. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva, Chapter 156, that Aśvatthāmā killed him in the battle of Kurukṣetra. - [Previous: c4.1561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1561) - [Next: c4.1563](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1563) - [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.c4.1562](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1562) · Pramāṇa