[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s10.211 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s10.211 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s10.211 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s10.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.211) \*Jayadevas\*—are twelve in number created by Brahmā, bodies of mantra used in \*yajñas\*, these are Darśa, Paurnamāsa, Bṛhadya, Rathantaram, vitti, vivitti, ākūti, kūti, vijñāsā, vijñāta, manas and \*yajña\*. These were again born as Jitas in the Svayambhuva epoch. Brahmā asked them to observe household duties and \*yajñas\*, but they took to \*jñāna\*. The enraged creator cursed them to undergo seven \*vṛttis\*. They were born in turn as Ajitas, Tuṣitas, Satyas, Haraya, Vaikuṇṭhas, Sādyas, and Ādityas. Br. III 3 5-7, 4 (whole) - [Previous: v1.c5.s10.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.210) - [Next: v1.c5.s10.212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.212) - [Up: v1.c5.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.211) · Pramāṇa