[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) › c4.2550 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2550 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2550 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2550](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2550) Dhātā—who holds or bears everything. Abjayoni—born of lotus. (abja) Druhiṇa—who hurts asuras. Virañci—he who creates. Kamalāsana—who sits on lotus. Sṛṣṭā—he who creates. Prajāpati—Pati of prajās (Lord of progeny). Vedhā—he who creates. Vidhātā—he who does or decides or judges. Nābhijanmā—born from the nave of Viṣṇu. Aṇḍaja—born from the egg. Haṃsavāhana—who has swan as his conveyance. - [Previous: c4.2549](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2549) - [Next: c4.2551](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2551) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2550](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2550) · Pramāṇa