वेणीसंहार [ veṇīsaṃhāra ] [ veṇī-saṃhāra ] m. " binding up of the braided hair " N. of a well-known drama by Bhaṭṭa-nārāyaṇa (who probably lived in the 9th century ; its subject is taken from an incident narrated in the 2nd and 8th books of the Mahā-bhārata , in which is described how Yudhishṭhira gambled away all his possessions , including Draupadī , and how Duḥ-śāsana then insulted Draupadī by loosening her braided hair and dragging her away by her dishevelled locks , and how Bhīma , who witnessed the insult , swore that he would one day kill Duḥ-śāsana and drink his blood ; this threat he fulfilled , and Draupadī's hair was then bound up again ; cf. Lit. MBh. ii , 2229-2235 , viii , 4235) .