[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.3235 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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. - [Previous: c9.3234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3234) - [Next: c9.3236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3236) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3235) · Pramāṇa