Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1543

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1543

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ŚATRUÑJAYA II. A son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. The following facts about him are gathered from the Mahābhārata. (i) Duryodhana deputed him for the protection of Bhīṣma in the great war. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 8). (ii) He attacked the five Kekaya kings. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 79, Verse 56). (iii) Bhīma killed him. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 227, Verse 29).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit