[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) › c5.1422 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1422 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1422 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1422) PURAN-JAYA. ‘City-conqueror.’ A prince of the Solar race, son of Vikukshi. His story, as told in the Vishṇu Purāṇa, is that in the Tretā age there was war between the gods and the Asuras, in which the former were worsted. They had recourse to Vishṇu for assistance, and he directed them to obtain the aid of Puran-jaya, into whose person he promised to infuse a portion of himself. The prince complied with their wishes, and asked that their chief, Indra, would assume the form of a bull and carry him, the prince, upon his hump. This was done, and thus seated Puran-jaya destroyed all the enemies of the gods. As he rode on the hump he obtained the cognomen of Kakut-stha. In explanation of his title Puran-jaya, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa says that he took the city of the Daityas situated in the west. - [Previous: c5.1421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1421) - [Next: c5.1423](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1423) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1422) · Pramāṇa