A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1948
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1948
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VAIRĀJAS. Semi-divine beings or Manes unconsumable by fire, who dwell in Tapo-loka, but are capable of translation to Satya-loka. The Kāsī-khanda explains this term as the Manes of “ascetics, mendicants, anchorets, and penitents, who have completed a course of rigorous austerities.” *See* Pitris.