[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) › c4.2346 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2346 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2346 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2346) 7) Other details. (1) It was Bhrgu who gave the boon for having progeny to Sagara, king of the solar dynasty. Sagara, with his two wives, Keśinī and Sumati, performed tapas at Bhrgu prasravaṇa in the Himālayas. After a hundred years, Bhrgu, who was pleased, blessed the king that he would have numerous children by one wife and one son who would be progenitor of a vaṃśa, by the other wife. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, 38th Sarga). - [Previous: c4.2345](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2345) - [Next: c4.2347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2347) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.1.38) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2346) · Pramāṇa