[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) › c4.3186 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.3186 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.3186 - **Language:** English ### [c4.3186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3186) 3) Penance and marriage. Even when he was very young Cyavana commenced practising austerities. He went to the forests and sat in meditation without food or sleep, oblivious to what happened outside. Years went by and Cyavana did not stir from his place. Gradually earth began to cover him and soon he was completely enveloped by earth. Creepers grew on it and birds made rests; Cyavana did not know anything about it. - [Previous: c4.3185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3185) - [Next: c4.3187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3187) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3186) · Pramāṇa