[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) › c4.1339 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1339 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1339 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1339) ĀPASTAMBA. An ancient sage. He once consoled King Dyumatsena. (Śloka 18, Chapter 298, Vana Parva, M.B.). 1) How he got his name. Once a brahmin did not get a suitable man to officiate as priest for a śrāddha ceremony. He then prayed to his ancestors, Viśvedevas and Mahāviṣṇu for help and then Āpastamba appeared before him. The brahmin gave him food to his heart's content and asked him how he felt. To the surprise of the brahmin Āpastamba replied, he wanted some more and thus made the śrāddha ineffective. The brahmin got angry and cursed him by sprinkling on his face water taken in his palm. But before the water-particles reached his face Āpastamba ordered the water-drops to remain still. Water stopped stiff and still midway by the power of the sage. Because water (Āpa) became stiff (Stamba) the ṛṣi was named Āpastamba. (Brahma Purāṇa). - [Previous: c4.1338](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1338) - [Next: c4.1340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1340) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (2) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1339](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1339) · Pramāṇa