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'''Purochana''' ({{Lang-sa|पुरोचन}}) was an architect in the kingdom of Hastinapur and one of [[Duryodhana]]'s trusted aides in the [[India]]n [[epic (genre)|epic]] [[Mahabharata]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Narayan |first1=R. K. |title=The Indian Epics Retold: The Ramayana, the Mahabharata, Gods, Demons, and Others |year=2000 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-025564-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1evj3ZZy6YC&q=Purochana+architect&pg=PA227 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bharathiramanachar |first1=Sri Hari and Dr M. K. |title=Epic Characters of Mahabharata |date=23 March 2019 |publisher=Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana |isbn=978-93-89028-70-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1HOODwAAQBAJ&q=Purochana+architect&pg=PT45 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Saṅgrahālaya-purātatva patrikā: Bulletin of museums & archaeology in U.P. |year=1972 |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs and Scientific Research. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XuMEAAAAYAAJ&q=Purochana+architect |language=en}}</ref> He was also a minister under the [[Kauravas]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=November 2 |first1=India Today Web Desk |title=ASI grants permission to excavate palace Kauravas commissioned to kill Pandavas |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/asi-house-of-lac-lakshagriha-mahabharata-kauravas-pandavas-yudhishthira-bhima-duryodhana-1077215-2017-11-02 |work=[[India Today]] |date=2 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He is better known as the villain who created the [[Lakshagraha]] under the orders of [[Duryodhana]] and his evil mentor [[Shakuni]]. Purochana himself perished in the fire meant to kill the [[Pandava]]s. In his previous life he was born as [[Prahasta]] who was a powerful [[Rakshasa]] warrior, and chief commander of [[Ravana]]s army of [[Lanka]]. In both his births he has been the minister of the Villains of the time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kasim |first1=K. |title=Political Thought in Mahabharatha |year=2002 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=978-81-224-1350-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lrNT4fR-jEC&q=Purochana+architect&pg=PA80 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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