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तोरणस्फाटिक

   { toraṇasphāṭika }
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तोरणस्फाटिक

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TORAṆASPHĀṬIKA   Duryodhana decided to make the Pāṇḍavas beggars by defeating them in a false game of dice. Dhṛtarā ṭra stood as an accomplice to that. To play the game Dhṛtarāṣṭra constructed a palace and that palace was called Toraṇasph ṭika. That diamond-studded palace had a thousand pillars and a hundred entrances. it had crystal fortresses and golden thrones in all the chambers. this palace was called Dyūtabhavana also. [Chapter 56, Sabhā Parva] .

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