[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) › c5.809 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.809 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.809 - **Language:** English ### [c5.809](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.809) Because of his blindness Dhṛtarāṣṭra was not anointed as King. It is stated in M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 108 Stanza 25, that in the place of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu was anointed the King. - [Previous: c5.808](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.808) - [Next: c5.810](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.810) - [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.c5.809](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.809) · Pramāṇa