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श्रुतर्व

   { śrutarva (śrutarvā) }
Script: Devanagari

श्रुतर्व

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
   One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. In the course of the Bhārata battle he attacked Bhīmasena with twelve of his brothers and in the battle which followed Śrutarva was killed, by Bhīmasena. Among the Kauravas, Śrutarvā was one of the mighty archers. The terrible battle fought against Bhīmasena under his leadership alarmed the other warriors. [M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 26] .
ŚRUTARVA (ŚRUTARVĀ) I   A king who lived at the time of Agastya. Once the sage Agastya approached him for some wealth. In [Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 98] there is a story of how the king solved the problem by presenting the accounts of his income and expenditure to Agastya and convincing him that he was unable to oblige the sage.

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