[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) › c8.1821 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1821 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1821 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1821](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1821) At that time Satyavatī, mother of Vicitravīrya, sent for Vyāsa her eldest son and asked him to beget sons of Ambikā and Ambālikā. Ambikā got Dhṛtarāṣṭra of Vyāsa and Ambālikā, Pāṇḍu, father of the Pāṇḍavas. Dhṛtarāṣṭra was born blind and he married Gāndhārī. Pāṇḍu was born pale-white in colour and he married Kuntī mother of the Pāṇḍavas. - [Previous: c8.1820](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1820) - [Next: c8.1822](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1822) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1821](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1821) · Pramāṇa