Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2084

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2084

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PAṬACCARA. A place of habitation in ancient Bhārata. During Purāṇic times the people of this place migrated to south India because they were afraid of Jarāsandha. (Chapter 14, Sabhā Parva). Sahadeva, one of the Pāṇḍavas during his victory tour of the south, subdued the people of this place. The paṭaccaras fought against the Kauravas on the side of the Pāṇḍavas. (Chapter 31, Sabhā Parva). It was the paṭaccaras who stood at the back of the Krauñca Vyūha constructed by the Pāṇḍavas. (Chapter 50, Bhīṣma Parva).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit