Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.70

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.70

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c5.70

DAKṢIṆĀTYAS. The people of South India. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Chapter 158, Stanza 2, that at the time of the composing of the Mahābhārata, the leader of the Dakṣiṇātyas was the emperor Bhīṣmaka.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit