[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) › c9.4526.3 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4526.3 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4526.3 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4526.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4526.3) (xiv) On the first day of the battle of Bhārata there was a combat between Virāṭa and Bhagadatta. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 49). (xv) Virāṭa attacked Bhīṣma. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 73, Stanza 1). (xvi) In the fight between Virāṭa and Droṇa, Śaṅkha was killed. With that Virāṭa ran away. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 82, Stanza 14). (xvii) There was a combat between Virāṭa and Aśvatthāmā. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 110, Stanza 16). (xviii) Virāṭa combatted with Jayadratha. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 116, Stanza 42). (xix) Virāṭa fought with Vinda and Anuvinda. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 20). (xx) In the fight with Śalya, Virāṭa fell down unconscious. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 167, Stanza 34). (xxi) In the battle which followed, Droṇācārya killed Virāṭa. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 6, Stanza 6). (xxii) Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Strī Parva, Chapter 26, Stanza 33, that the funeral ceremony of Virāṭa was conducted in a befitting manner and in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 42, Stanza 4, that Yudhiṣṭhira performed offering to the Manes for him. (xxiii) After death, Virāṭa entered heaven and joined the Marudgaṇas. (M.B. Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Stanza 15). (xxiv) The synonyms used in Mahābhārata for Virāṭa are, Matsya, Matsyapati, Matsyarāṭ, Matsyarāja etc. VIRĀṬA (M). The country called Matsya. King Virāṭa was the ruler of this country. (See under Virāṭa). VIRĀṬANAGARA. The Capital of Matsya. - [Previous: c9.4526.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4526.2) - [Next: c9.4526.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4526.4) - [Up: c9.4526](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4526) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4526.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4526.3) · Pramāṇa