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तोरणस्फाटिक (toraNasphATika)

 
पुराणम्
English
तोरणस्फाटिक / 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).