[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) › c5.1128 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1128 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1128 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1128) MANDA-PĀLA. A childless saint, who, according to the Mahā-bhārata, after long perseverance in devotion and asceticism, died and went to the abode of Yama. His desires being still unsatisfied, he inquired the cause, and was told that all his devotions had failed because he had no son, no putra (put, ‘hell,’ tra, ‘drawer’), to save him from hell. He then assumed the form of a species of bird called Sārngikā, and by a female of that species, who was called Jaritā, he had four sons. - [Previous: c5.1127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1127) - [Next: c5.1129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1129) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1128) · Pramāṇa