Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2200

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2200

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c9.2200

ŚRUTAKĪRTI II. A son of Arjuna. Pāñcālī had five sons by the five Pāṇḍavas. Of these Prativindhya was the son of Yudhiṣṭhira; Śruta was the son of Bhīmasena; Śrutakīrti was the son of Arjuna; Śrutakarmā was the son of Sahadeva and Śatānīka was the son of Nakula. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 278). Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 127 mentions that this Śrutakīrti was born from a portion of Viśvadeva. In the Bhārata battle he had fought against Jayatsena and the son of Duśśāsana. In the end he died by the arrow of Aśvatthāmā. (M.B. Sauptika Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 61).

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Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit