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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2815

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2815

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### [c8.2815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2815)

PURUJIT. A king who was the son of Kuntibhoja and brother of Kuntī, mother of the Pāṇḍavas. He had a brother named Kuntibhoja. In the great battle he fought against Durmukha of the Kaurava army. When he died Purujit went to Yamaloka. (Chapter 14, Sabhā Parva; Chapter 6, Karṇa Parva, Chapter 23, Droṇa Parva).

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- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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