Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.179

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.179

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c5.179

DAṆḌAPĀṆI II. The son of Pauṇḍraka, the King of Kāśī. Śrī Kṛṣṇa killed Pauṇḍraka. As his son Daṇḍapāṇi was not powerful enough to kill Śrī Kṛṣṇa, he performed the sacrifice of Maheśvara yajña. Being pleased at the sacrifice Śiva created Kṛtyā in the sacrificial fire and sent her to Dvārakā to destroy Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who aimed his Sudarśana cakra (wheel-weapon) at her. She ran to Vārāṇasī, where the wheel turned Kṛtyā and everybody with her to ashes. (Padma-Purāṇa, Uttara Kāṇḍa, Chapter 278).

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Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit