[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) › c4.2573 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2573 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2573 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2573) BRAHMADATTA III. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Bhaviṣya Parva, Chapter 104, about another Brahmadatta. He was the King of Sālva. Though he had two wives he had no children. Finally by the grace of Śiva two children were born to them. They were called Haṃsa and Ḍibhaka. (For further information see Ḍibhaka). - [Previous: c4.2572](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2572) - [Next: c4.2574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2574) - [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.c4.2573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2573) · Pramāṇa