Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Dhritarashtra included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
A deva gandharva,. (Semi-god). Some information. (1) This deva gandharva was the son of the hermit Kaśyapa by his wife Muni. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 65, Stanza 15).
(2) He took part in the birth-celebration of Arjuna. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 122, Stanza 55).
(3) He went to the presence of King Marutta as a messenger of Indra. (Mahābhārata Aśvamedha Parva, Chapter 107, Stanza 2).
(4) It was this Gandharva who had taken birth as Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the father of Duryodhana. (Mahābhārata Svargārohaṇa Parva, Chapter 4, Stanza 15).