[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) › c5.377 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.377 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.377 - **Language:** English ### [c5.377](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.377) DEVĀNTAKA. A Rākṣasa, the son of Rudraketu. When the people of the three worlds could no longer stand his depredations Gaṇapati incarnated in Kaśyapa's house and killed Devāntaka. (Padma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa). - [Previous: c5.376](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.376) - [Next: c5.378](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.378) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.377](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.377) · Pramāṇa