[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) › c4.2598 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2598 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2598 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2598) BRAHMASARAS. A holy place in Dharmāraṇya. If a man fasts in this holy place for one night, he would reach the world of Brahmā. In this holy place there is a peg driven down by Brahmā himself. One who walks round this peg will attain the fruits of performing a Vājapeya yajña (a drinking sacrifice). There is another holy bath of the name Brahmasaras in Gayā. (M. B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 89). - [Previous: c4.2597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2597) - [Next: c4.2599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2599) - [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.c4.2598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2598) · Pramāṇa