[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) › c7.3286 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3286 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3286 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3286](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3286) LIKHITA II. An evil-natured priest of Haṃsadhvaja, the King of Campakapurī. Śaṅkha his brother also was the King’s priest. Haṃsadhvaja blocked the sacrificial horse of the Aśvamedha yajña of Dharmaputra and Arjuna attacked the King to get the horse released. To mobilise an army the King announced that each and every soldier should assemble at the place by day-break the next morning and added that those who disobeyed would be put in burning oil. By early morning the next day all the soldiers excepting the son of the King arrived at the palace. Sudhanvā, the King’s son, was a general of the army and his absence annoyed the King. Haṃsadhvaja was hesitating whether his son should be punished when Likhita advised the King to execute the punishment. The King put Sudhanvā into a big cauldron of boiling oil but Sudhanvā escaped from it unscathed to the surprise of all. Likhita and Śaṅkha said that Sudhanvā escaped because the boiling of the oil was incomplete and uneven. So they boiled the oil again and threw Sudhanvā into it. At this moment a huge palm tree split into two and fell on them and they were killed. (Jaimini Aśvamedhaparva). - [Previous: c7.3285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3285) - [Next: c7.3287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3287) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3286](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3286) · Pramāṇa