[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) › c5.1948 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1948](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1948) 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. - [Previous: c5.1947](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1947) - [Next: c5.1949](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1949) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1948](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1948) · Pramāṇa