Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.799

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(1) Dhṛṣṭaketu was the rebirth of Anuhlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 7).
(2) Dhṛṣṭaketu was anointed as King after the death of Śiśupāla. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 36).
(3) After the death of his father, Dhṛṣṭaketu became a tributary King of the Pāṇḍavas (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 12, Stanza 2).
(4) Dhṛṣṭaketu had a sister named Kareṇumatī. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 22, Stanza 40).
(5) During the Bhārata-battle, Dhṛṣṭaketu supplied the Pāṇḍavas with an akṣauhiṇī (21870 elephants, 21870 chariots, 65610 horses and 109350 infantry). (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 19, Stanza 7).
(6) Dhṛṣṭaketu was appointed as one of the seven commanders-in-chief of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 157, Stanza 11).
(7) On the first day of the battle of Bhārata, Dhṛṣṭaketu, confronted Bāhlika. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45)
(8) He fought with Bhūriśravas. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 84).
(9) Dhṛṣṭaketu fought with Paurava. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 116, Stanza 13).
(10) Dhṛṣṭaketu fought with the teacher Kṛpa. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 14, Stanza 33).
(11) He fought with Ambaṣṭha. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 25).
(12) He killed Viradhanvā. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 107, Stanza 17).
(13) He fought with the teacher Droṇa and was killed in the fight. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 125, Stanza 23).
(14) Among the spirits of those relatives of the Kauravas, who died in the Bhārata-battle, which were evoked to the surface of the Ganges, by Vyāsa, the spirit of Dhṛṣṭaketu also appeared. (M.B. Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 33, Stanza 17).
(15) After his death Dhṛṣṭaketu became a Viśvadeva in heaven. (M.B. Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 15).
(16) Vyāsa has used the following names in his Bhārata for Dhṛṣṭaketu: Caidya, Cedija, Cedipati, Cedipuṅgava, Cedirāṭ, Śaiśupāli, Śiśupālātmaja.