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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3235

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3235

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c9.3235

TORAṆASPHĀTIKA. Duryodhana decided to make the Pāṇḍavas beggars by defeating them in a false game of dice. Dhṛtarāṣṭra stood as an accomplice to that. To play the game Dhṛtarāṣṭra constructed a palace and that palace was called Toraṇasphātika.