[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) › c9.5264 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5264 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5264 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5264) YUDHĀMANYU. A warrior who fought against the Kauravas from the side of the Pāṇḍavas. The following references are made to him in the Mahābhārata. (i) Yudhāmanyu was a prince of the Pāñcāla royal family. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 17, Verse 5). (ii) He took his position in the battle as the bodyguard of Arjuna. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 15, Verse 19). (iii) Yudhāmanyu’s war-horse was a wonderful animal, both in spirit and shape. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 23, Verse 3). (iv) In Bhārata Yuddha he fought against Kṛtavarmā, Duryodhana, Kṛpācārya, Citrasena the brother of Karṇa, and Aśvatthāmā. Kṛpācārya defeated him. He (Yudhāmanyu) killed Karṇa’s brother Citrasena. (Droṇa Parva, Chapters 92, 130; Karṇa Parva, Chapters 61, 83). (v) Yudhāmanyu met with his death in his fight against Aśvatthāmā. (M.B. Sauptika Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 38). - [Previous: c9.5263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5263) - [Next: c9.5265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5265) - [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.c9.5264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5264) · Pramāṇa