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DHṚṢṬAKETU I A prince who was the son of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and the grandson of king Drupada. [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 278] . DHṚṢṬAKETU II A king of the family of Yayāti. [Bhāgavata, Skandha 9] . DHṚṢṬAKETU III The son of Śiśupāla, the king of cedi. The details obtained from Mahābhārata about this king are given below. (1) Dhṛṣṭaketu was the rebirth of Anuhlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 7] . (2) Dhṛṣṭaketu was anointed as king after the death of Śiśupāla. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 45, Stanza 36] . (3) after the death of his father, Dhṛṣṭaketu became a tributary king of the Pāṇḍavas [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 12, Stanza 2] . (4) Dhṛṣṭaketu had a sister named Kareṇumatī. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 22, Stanza 40] . (5) during the Bhārata-battle, Dhṛṣṭaketu supplied the Pāṇḍavas with an akṣauhiṇī (21870 elephants, 21870 chariots, 65610 horses and 109350 infantry). [M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 19, Stanza 7] . (6) Dhṛṣṭaketu was appointed as one of the seven commanders-in-chief of Yudhiṣṭhira. [M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 157, Stanza 11] . (7) On the first day of the battle of Bhārata, Dhṛṣṭaketu, confronted Bāhlika. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45] (8) he fought with Bhūriśravas. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 84] . (9) Dhṛṣṭaketu fought with Paurava. ---10--- . (10) Dhṛṣṭaketu fought with the teacher Kṛpa. ---11--- . (11) he fought with Ambaṣṭha. ---12--- . (12) he killed Vīradhanvā. ---13--- . (13) he fought with the teacher Droṇa and was killed in the fight. ---14--- . (14) among the spirits of those relatives of the Kauravas, who died in the Bhārata-battle, which were evoked to the surface of the ganges, by Vyāsa, the spirit of Dhṛṣṭaketu also appeared. ---15--- . (15) after his death Dhṛṣṭaketu became a Viśvadeva in heaven. ---16--- . (16) Vyāsa has used the following names in his Bhārata for Dhṛṣtaketu: Caidya, Cedija, Cedipati, Cedipuṅgava, Cedirāṭ, Śaiśupāli, Śiśupālātmaja.
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