Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1545

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1545

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c4.1545

1) Origin. Sixty thousand hermits were born to Kratu, one of the Saptaṛṣis (seven hermits), by his wife, Santati.* They are called Bālakhilyas. Everyone of them was only the size of half a thumb, but they were as bright as the blazing sun and had attained control over their senses. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 1, Chapter 10).

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Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit