Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2464

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2464

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c9.2464

SUDHANVĀ IV. A Sudhanvā who was the son of Drupada, is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva, Chapter 23, Verse 44. This warrior sided with the Pāṇḍavas in the battle of Kurukṣetra and fought against the Kauravas. When his brother Viraketu was killed, he and his brothers joined together and attacked Droṇa. In that fight Droṇa killed Sudhanvā. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 122, Verse 45).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit