[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1146.1 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1146.1 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1146.1 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1146.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1146.1) 6. Ṛgveda, 5th Maṇḍala was composed by Atri. (Ṛgveda Saṃhitā, Preface). 7. Once the Asuras put Atri Maharṣi into the Śatadvāra yantra (a machine of torture with a hundred holes). Ṛgveda, 1st Maṇḍala, 16th Anuvāka, Sūkta 51). 8. Once the Asuras tried to burn Atri alive. (Ṛgveda, 1st Maṇḍala, 16th Anuvāka, Sūkta 112). 9. The Asuras at another time made Atri lie down in a machine with a large number of holes and tried to burn him alive in At that time he prayed to the Aśvins and they liberated him. (Ṛgveda, 1st Maṇḍala, 17th Anuvāka, Sūkta 116). 10. Atri was among the Maharṣis who visited Śrī Rāma, on his return to Ayodhyā after the war with Rāvaṇa. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). 11. From the navel lotus of Viṣṇu Brahmā was born, Atri from Brahmā, Soma from Atri, and Purūravas from Soma were born. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 12). - [Previous: c4.1145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1145) - [Next: c4.1146.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1146.2) - [Up: c4.1146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1146) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1146.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1146.1) · Pramāṇa