[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) › c4.2434 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2434 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2434 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2434) BHŪTĀLAYA (M). A famous village in the purāṇas. It was a resort of thieves and robbers. Dead bodies were often thrown into the river which was flowing through this village. Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 129, verse 9 says that it was against Śāstras to bathe in this river. - [Previous: c4.2433](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2433) - [Next: c4.2435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2435) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2434) · Pramāṇa