Danda

Danda

Danda had a warrior rank of Rathi. Affiliation: Kaurava. Danda and Dandadhara were the two princes of Magadha Kingdom. They fought the side of Kauravas and killed by Arjuna during Kurukshetra war.

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“That Asura who was the younger brother of Vritra and known as Krodhahantri became noted on earth as king Danda. That other Asura who was known by the name Krodhavardhana became noted on earth as the monarch, Dandadhara.” – The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva: Sambhava Parva: Section LXVII
The Mahabharata, Book 2: Sabha Parva: Jarasandhta-badha Parva: Section XXX
“Upon the fall of his brother in battle, Danda advanced against Indra’s younger brother and Dhananjaya, desirous of slaying them, on his tusker white as snow and adorned with gold and looking like a Himalayan summit. Danda struck Janardana with three whetted lances bright as the rays of the sun, and Arjuna with five, and uttered a loud shout. The son of Pandu then uttering a loud shout cut off the two arms of Danda. Cut off by means of razor-headed shafts, those two arms, smeared with sandal-paste, adorned with angadas, and with lances in grasp, as they fell from the elephant’s back at the same instant of time, looked resplendent like a couple of large snakes of great beauty falling down from a mountain summit. Cut off with a crescent-shaped arrow by the diadem-decked (Partha), the head also of Danda fell down on the Earth from the elephant’s back, and covered with blood it looked resplendent as it lay like the sun dropped from the Asta mountain towards the western quarter.” – The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva: Section 18

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