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Manipura was a kingdom in
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yagna, where a decorated horse would be sent across the kingdom and wherever it goes unopposed, the land would be acquired by the king who sent it. Arjuna was tasked to take care of the horse. When Arjuna went to
Manipura with the wandering sacrificial horse of the
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