[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) › c8.1833 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1833 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1833 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1833](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1833) 4) Ascension to Heaven. A great and grim battle was fought at Kurukṣetra between the Pāṇḍavas and the Kauravas lasting for eighteen days. Śrī Kṛṣṇa neither fought nor took arms once against the Kauravas but acted as the charioteer of Arjuna. When the war came to an end the Kauravas were completely annihilated. - [Previous: c8.1832](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1832) - [Next: c8.1834](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1834) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1833](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1833) · Pramāṇa