[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) › c5.1557 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1557 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1557 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1557) SAKTI, SAKTRI. A priest and eldest son of Vasisṭha. King Kalmāsha-pāda struck him with a whip, and he cursed the king to become possessed by a man-eating Rākshasa. He himself became the first victim of the monster he had evoked. - [Previous: c5.1556](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1556) - [Next: c5.1558](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1558) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1557](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1557) · Pramāṇa