[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) › c5.497 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.497 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.497 - **Language:** English ### [c5.497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.497) DHARMA-VYĀDHA. ‘The pious huntsman.’ This man is represented in the Mahā-bhārata as living by selling the flesh of boars and buffaloes, and yet as being learned in the Vedas and in all the knowledge of a Brāhman. This is accounted for by his having been a Brāhman in a former birth, and cursed to this vile occupation for having wounded a Brāhman when hunting. - [Previous: c5.496](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.496) - [Next: c5.498](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.498) - [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.c5.497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.497) · Pramāṇa