[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) › c9.4839 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4839 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4839 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4839](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4839) VIVIMŚATI. A son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. The following information about him is given in Mahābhārata. (i) This prince was present at the Svayaṃvara marriage of Draupadī. (ii) He was caught hold of and bound by the Gandharvas in Draitavana (a forest). (See under Ghoṣayātrā). (iii) In the battle between the Virāṭas and the Kauravas following the stealing of cows, this Vivimśati, was defeated by Arjuna. He ran away from the battle-field. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 61, Stanza 43). - [Previous: c9.4838](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4838) - [Next: c9.4840](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4840) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4839](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4839) · Pramāṇa