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Tapas-kshetra because Kuru, the common ancestor of the rival houses, performed his ascetic austerities there. Since Kuru's time, many ascetics took up their abode there. Some texts have Duddharsham for Durddharshas. Literally, "gives heat". 'Varna' is used here in the sense of races and not castes. This sloka is variously read.
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