[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) › c5.1604 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1604 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1604 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1604) SĀNTANU. A king of the Lunar race, son of Pratīpa, father of Bhīshma, and in a way the grandfather of Dhrita-rāshtra and Pāndu. Regarding him it is said, “Every decrepit man whom he touches with his hands becomes young.” (See Mahā-bhārata.) He was called Satya-vāch, ‘truth-speaker,’ and was remarkable for his “devotion and charity, modesty, constancy, and resolution.” - [Previous: c5.1603](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1603) - [Next: c5.1605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1605) - [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.c5.1604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1604) · Pramāṇa