[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) › c4.1545 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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). - [Previous: c4.1544](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1544) - [Next: c4.1546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1546) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1545) · Pramāṇa