Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1513

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ŚATĀNĪKA V. A brother of Virāṭa, the King of Matsya. He was called Sūryadatta too. Further he was the commander-in-chief of the army of Virāṭa. When Virāṭa’s cows were lifted by the Kauravas, Śatānīka went to war against them along with the Trigartas, who wore golden helmets on their heads. (Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 31). He was an ally of the Pāṇḍavas in the great war. He was wounded in the war by Bhīṣma and killed by Śalya. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 167, Verse 30; Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 118, Verse 27).