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Modern
Languages MLLL-4993. Indian Epics. Laura Gibbs, Ph.D.
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DUHSASANA.
[Source:
Dowson's Classical Dictionary
of Hindu Mythology] `Hard to rule.' One of the hundred sons of Dhritarashtra. When the Pandavas
lost their wife Draupadi in gambling with Duryodhana, Duhsasana dragged her
forward by the hair and otherwise ill-used her. For this outrage Bhima vowed
he would drink his blood, a vow which he afterwards performed on the sixteenth
day of the great battle.