वेणी—संहार m. m. ‘binding up of the braided hair’
N. of a well-known drama by
भट्ट-नारायण (who probably lived in the 9th century; its subject is taken from an incident narrated in the 2nd and 8th books of the
महा-भारत, in which is described how
युधिष्ठिर gambled away all his possessions, including
द्रौपदी, and how
दुः-शासन then insulted
द्रौपदी by loosening her braided hair and dragging her away by her dishevelled locks, and how
भीम, who witnessed the insult, swore that he would one day kill
दुः-शासन and drink his blood; this threat he fulfilled, and
द्रौपदी's hair was then bound up again;
cf. [MBh. ii, 2229-2235, viii, 4235] ).