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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.917

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.917

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### [c4.917](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.917)

ASITA I. One of the Ṛtviks of the Sarpasatra of Janamejaya. Some details. (1) The prominent Rtviks were Bhārgava, Kautsa, Jaimini, Sārṅgarava, Piṅgala, Vyāsa, Uddālaka Pramattaka, Svetaketu, Asita, Devala, Nārada, Parvata, Ātreya, Kuṇḍajāra, Kālāghāts, Vātsya, Kohala, Devaśarmā, Maudgalya, Samasaurabha. (Chapter 53, Ādi Parva, M.B.)  
(2) Asita, Devala, Vaiśampāyana, Sumantu and Jaimini were disciples of Vyāsa. (Prathama Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata).  
(3) Asita, the sage, got by the blessing of Śiva a son named Devala. (Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa).  
(4) Once Asita muni explained to King Janaka the philosophy of rebirth. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 47).

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## Cites (4)

- [Brahmavaivartapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmavaivarta) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Devībhāgavata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata-vidyanatha-vidyatirtha) — Vidyānātha Vidyātīrtha, Sanskrit

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