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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1457

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1457

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### [c4.1457](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1457)

BĀBHRAVYAM. A clan or gotra of Brāhmaṇas in Ancient India. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 342, Stanza 103 that the hermit Gālava belonged to this clan.

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## Linked texts (1)

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

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