[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) › c4.1456 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1456 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1456 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1456](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1456) BĀBHRAVYA. An author of the ‘Science of Love’. Śvetaketu was the first of the authors who had written on the Science of amour (Kāma-śāstra). Bābhravya made only a condensation of the work of Śvetaketu. - [Previous: c4.1455](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1455) - [Next: c4.1457](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1457) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1456](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1456) · Pramāṇa