Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1182

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1182

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c8.1182

6) The name Nakula. It is stated in Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 25 that the name ‘Nakula’ was given to him because there were none more handsome than he in the family (Kula) of the Pāṇḍavas.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit