[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) › c4.3178 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.3178 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.3178 - **Language:** English ### [c4.3178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3178) CŪLI. A sage. Once Somadā, daughter of a gandharva women Ūrmilā, looked after this sage and well pleased with her service he asked her what she wanted and Somadā asked for a son by him. Cūli gave her a spiritual son of his and the boy was named Brahmadatta. This Brahmadatta married the hundred hunch-backed daughters of Kuśanābha. (Bāla Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa). - [Previous: c4.3177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3177) - [Next: c4.3179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3179) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3178) · Pramāṇa