[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1124 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1124 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1124 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1124) MANDA-KARNI. A sage who dwelt in the Dandaka forest, and is said in the Rāmāyana to have formed a lake which was known by his name. His austerities alarmed the gods, and Indra sent five Apsarases to beguile him from his penance of “standing in a pool and feeding on nothing but air for 10,000 years.” They succeeded, and became his wives, and inhabited a house concealed in the lake, which, from them, was called Pan-chāpsaras. - [Previous: c5.1123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1123) - [Next: c5.1125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1125) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1124) · Pramāṇa