[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) › c5.1296 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1296 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1296 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1296) DUŚŚĀSANA I. A son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. 1) His birth. See under Kauravas. 2) Other information. (1) He, along with his brothers, was present at the svayaṃvara of Pāñcālī. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 1). (3) He kept store and served food to the guests at the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 35, Verse 5). (3) He dragged Pāñcālī and stripped her of her clothes in the assembly hall of the Kauravas. (For details see under Pāñcālī). (4) Gandharvas took him captive in Dvaitavana. (See under Kauravas). (5) The Pāṇḍavas released the Kauravas from captivity, and Duryodhana laden with this humiliation did not desire to return to Hastināpura. He asked Duśśāsana to assume kingship and rule the subjects well. Duśśāsana rejected the offer and wept. This was a good trait in the vicious character of Duśśāsana like lightning in the midst of dark and thick clouds. (Vana Parva, Chapter 249). - [Previous: c5.1295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1295) - [Next: c5.1297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1297) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1296) · Pramāṇa