[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) › c4.1261 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1261 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1261 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1261) ĀḌIBAKA. A combat without serving any useful purpose and conducted out of sheer spite between two people to the surprise of others. The fight between Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra was of this kind. (Skandha 6 of Devī Bhāgavata). - [Previous: c4.1260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1260) - [Next: c4.1262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1262) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1261) · Pramāṇa