[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) › c8.2173 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2173 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2173 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2173) sūya conducted by Dharmaputra. During the big battle the Pauṇḍras fought against the Kauravas constructing a Krauñcavyūha (a battle array in the shape of a stork). (Chapter 50, Bhīṣma Parva). Kṛṣṇa and Karṇa on two different occasions conquered this country. (Śānti Parva, M. B.) The Pauṇḍras were Kṣatriyas once. But the brahmins cursed them and changed them into Śūdras. (Chapter 85, Anuśāsana Parva). - [Previous: c8.2172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2172) - [Next: c8.2174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2174) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2173) · Pramāṇa