Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Senabindu 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 Senābindu
General information.
A Kṣatriya King who lived in the age of the Purāṇas. This King was born from a portion of an asura called Tuhuṇḍa. (Mahābhārata Āḍi Parva, Chapter 67).
Other details.
(i) Senābindu was present at the Svayaṃvara marriage of Draupadī. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 9).
(ii) Arjuna, during his regional conquest of the north, with the King of Ulūka had attacked this King who lost his kingdom. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 27, Verse 10).
(iii) The Pāṇḍavas had invited this King to take part in the Bhārata battle. (Mahābhārata Udyoga Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 13).
(iv) It is said that Senābindu was known by another name Krodhahantā. He was as valiant as Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Bhīmasena. (Mahābhārata Udyoga Parva, Chapter 171, Verse 20).
(v) He was killed in the battle of Bhārata. (Mahābhārata Karṇa Parva, Chapter 6 Verse 32).