Vakadalbhya, Vakadālbhya, Vaka-dalbhya: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaVakadālbhya (वकदाल्भ्य).—(BAKA DĀLBHYA). A hermit of Ancient India. The information obtained from Mahābhārata about this hermit is given below.
(He was a member of the council of Yudhiṣṭhira. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Stanza 11).
(ii) Once Vaka Dālbhya lectured to Yudhiṣṭhira about the greatness of Brāhmaṇas. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 26, Stanza 6).
(iii) On another occasion he described the welfare of eternal beings to Indra. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 193).
(iv) Once he stopped Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who was going to Hastināpura, and conversed with him on the way. (Mahābhārata Udyoga Parva, Chapter 83, Stanza 65).
(v) The hermit Baka Dālbhya once talked about how the kingdom of Dhṛtarāṣṭra would be made burnt offering to fire. (Mahābhārata Śalya Parva, Chapter 41, Stanza 5).
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