[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) › c5.800 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.800 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.800 - **Language:** English ### [c5.800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.800) KANDU. A sage who was beguiled from long and severe austerities by Pramlochā, a nymph sent from heaven by Indra for this purpose. He lived with her some hundreds of years, which seemed to him only as a day, but he at length repudiated her and “went to the region of Vishnu.” Pramlochā gave birth, in an extraordinary manner, to his daughter Mārishā (q.v.). - [Previous: c5.799](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.799) - [Next: c5.801](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.801) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.800) · Pramāṇa