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Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

ŚAṄKU I : A son of Hiraṇyākṣa. Śambara, Śakuni, Dvimūrdhā, Śaṅku and Ārya were the sons of Hiraṇyā- ksa (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19).


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ŚAṄKU II : A Yādava King who was present at the wedding of Draupadī. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 19).

He was a member of the company of Yādavas, who carried Subhadrā's dowry at her wedding with Arjuna. He was a mahārathī also. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14 and Ādi Parva, Chapter 220).


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*4th word in right half of page 688 (+offset) in original book.