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SAHADEVA IV. A son of Jarāsandha about whom the following facts are collected from the Mahābhārata.
(1) Asti and Prāpti, two wives, of Kaṃsa were the sisters of this Sahadeva. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 31).
(2) He was present at the wedding of Draupadī. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 8).
(3) After the death of Jarāsandha he took refuge with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who crowned him King of Mathurāpurī. (M.B. Southern text, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 24).
(4) In the great war he came to the help of Yudhiṣṭhira with one akṣauhiṇī (division of army). (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 19, Verse 8).
(5) He was one of the seven Mahārathins of the Pāṇḍava army. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 187, Verse 11).
(6) He was killed in the great war by Droṇa. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 225, Verse 45).