Dvaitavana

Location

Approximate Unlocated; a lake-forest near the Sarasvati

Note

Forest and lake where the Pandavas spend much of the exile and where Duryodhana's cattle expedition ends in his capture. Unlocated.

In the story

1. 14The forest yearsArjuna wins celestial weapons; the brothers go on pilgrimage and reunite in the Himalaya
2. 15Duryodhana's cattle expedition and Draupadi's abductionDuryodhana is captured by gandharvas and freed by the Pandavas; Jayadratha seizes Draupadi
3. 16The year in hiding at Virata's courtDisguises in Matsya, Kichaka's death, the cattle raid, and a marriage that seals an alliance

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