[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) › c4.995 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.995 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.995 - **Language:** English ### [c4.995](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.995) AṢṬĀVAKRATĪRTHA. If one observes complete fasting for twelve days doing tarpaṇa in this sacred pond it is said that he gets the benefit of doing of Naramedhayajña. (Śloka 41, Chapter 25, Anuśāsana Parva, M.B.). - [Previous: c4.994](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.994) - [Next: c4.996](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.996) - [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.c4.995](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.995) · Pramāṇa