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पुलिन्दस् (pulindas)

 
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पुलिन्दस् / PULINDA(S) I. The people of the country of pulinda. Information available regarding them from the mahābhārata is given below:(1) pulindas were originally Kṣatriyas. But they became Śūdras by a curse of the brahmins. (Chapter 33, anuśāsana parva).(2) pulindas who belong to the mleccha tribe became rulers in kaliyuga. (Chapter 186, Vana Parva).(3) pulindas were born from the foam of the celestial cow nandinī of sage vasiṣṭha when she got enraged. (Chapter 165, āśramavāsika parva).(4) bhīma fought against the pulindas and destroyed all their big cities. (Chapter 26, Sabhā Parva).(5) In the great mahābhārata battle pulindas fought on the side of duryodhana. (Chapter 158, Udyoga Parva).
पुलिन्दस् / PULINDA(S) II. A mleccha tribe of ancient Dakṣiṇabhārata. The vāmana purāṇa gives some details regarding them.