[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) › c5.320 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.320 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.320 - **Language:** English ### [c5.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.320) DEVADĀSA. A rich Vaiśya extolled much in the Kathāsaritsāgara. He lived in Pāṭaliputra and had married the daughter of a very rich Vaiśya of Pauṇḍravardhana. After father's death Devadāsa lost all his wealth in gambling, and his wife foresook her impecunious husband and returned home. - [Previous: c5.319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.319) - [Next: c5.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.321) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.320) · Pramāṇa