Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.789.3

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(vi) They did along with Sudakṣiṇa, king of Kāmboja, service in Duryodhana’s army. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 19, Verse 21). (vii) Śrī Kṛṣṇa once conquered them. (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 119, Verse 45). (viii) Karṇa once defeated them and conquered their country. (Karṇa Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 18). (ix) Śakas who were originally Kṣatriyas were demoted as Śūdras as they incurred the displeasure and anger of brahmins. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 33, Verse 21). (x) As the Śakas and the Yavanas had helped the Haihaya kings Paraśurāma, Sagara and Bharata defeated them in war and drove them off from the country. (Bhāgavata, Navama Skandha). ŚĀKA. A tree in the Śāka island. The island got the name from this tree. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 11, Verse 23). ŚĀKADVĪPA. One of the Saptadvīpas (seven islands). Sañjaya once gave Dhṛtarāṣṭra a description of this island. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 11). Jambūdvīpa, Plakṣadvīpa, Śālmalidvīpa, Kuśadvīpa, Krauñcadvīpa, Śākadvīpa and Puṣkaradvīpa are the Saptadvīpas. (Devī Bhāgavata, 8th Skandha). ŚĀKALA. A city made famous in the Purāṇas. Once it was the capital of the Madra kingdom. (Sabhā Parva Chapter 32, Verse 14), Modern scholars opine that the modern Siyalkot was the old Śākala. ŚĀKALADVĪPA. An ancient kingdom referred to in the Purāṇas. Prativindhya, king of this kingdom was defeated by Arjuna. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 32, Verse 14). ŚĀKALYA. A maharṣi in the lineage of gurus (preceptors). (See under Guruparamparā). He systematised the Vedasaṃhitās.