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Virata
Virata
(, lit.
huge
) in the
Hindu
epic
Mahabharata
, was a king in whose court the
Pandavas
spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen
Sudeshna
and was the father of Prince
Uttara
and Princess
Uttara
, who married
Abhimanyu
, the son of
Arjuna
. Their son
Parikshit
succeeded
Yudhishthira
to the throne of
Hastinapura
, after the war of
Mahabharata
.
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