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Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.32

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.32

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c6.s3.32

Draupadī is a property put on the stake.
• She was put on the stake by her husband Yudhiṣṭhira and he lost the bet.
• Whatsoever is put on the stake in the game of dice and lost is to be claimed by the opposite party.
• Therefore the treatment given to Draupadī by the Kauravas is justified.