Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4526.1

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(i) This Virāṭa, the King of Matsya was born from a portion of the Marudgaṇas. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 82). (ii) King Virāṭa had two sons named Uttara and Śaṅkha. It was with these sons that he attended the Svayaṃvara marriage of Draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Stanza 8). (iii) In the regional conquest conducted by Sahadeva, before the Imperial consecration-sacrifice of the Pāṇḍavas, Virāṭa fought with him and was defeated. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 31, Stanza 2). (iv) King Virāṭa attended the Rājasūya (sacrifice of imperial consecration) of Yudhiṣṭhira. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 44, Stanza 20). (v) Virāṭa gave as a gift to Yudhiṣṭhira two thousand tuskers adorned with gold chains. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52, Stanza 26). (vi) The name of the wife of King Virāṭa was Sudeṣṇā. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 9; Stanza 6).