[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) › c8.896 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.896 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.896 - **Language:** English ### [c8.896](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.896) culture was given importance, so much so that the royal emblem itself was the figure of a plough. Rains were there in season and in plenty because of the yāgas conducted properly by the King. (Bālakāṇḍa, Kamba Rāmāyaṇa). 3) Other details. (i) Once Pāṇḍu, father of the Pāṇḍavas, attacked this country and conquered it. (Śloka 28, Chapter 112, Ādi Parva). (ii) Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna and Bhīma once visited this country when they were on their way to Magadha from Indraprastha. (Śloka 28, Chapter 20, Sabhā Parva). (iii) Karṇa once conquered and captured the country of Mithilā. (Śloka 8, Chapter 254, Vana Parva). (iv) Sītā was born in Mithilā. (Śloka 9, Chapter 274, Vana Parva). (v) Because she was born in Mithilā she is known by the name of Maithilī. (Śloka 2, Chapter 277, Vana Parva). (vi) Once Mithilā was ruled by a King called Dharmadhvaja. Hearing about his great Dharmajñāna (knowledge about virtues and duties) a female ascetic named Sulabhā visited him in the guise of a beggar woman. (Śloka 4, Chapter 320, Śānti Parva). (vii) Śuka the great sage, with the permission of his father Vyāsa came to Mithilā and took Dharmadeśa from King Janaka. (Śloka 6, Chapter 325. Śānti Parva). - [Previous: c8.895](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.895) - [Next: c8.897](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.897) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.112.28) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.896](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.896) · Pramāṇa