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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1175

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1175

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### [c4.1175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1175)

AVASĀNAM. An ancient Bath in Bhārata. One could attain the merits of Sahasrogadāna (giving a thousand cows as alms) by bathing in this holy bath. (M.B., Vana Parva, Chapter 82, Stanza 128).

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## Cites (1)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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