[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) › c5.464 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.464 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.464 - **Language:** English ### [c5.464](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.464) Devayānī was alarmed at the birth of a child to Śarmiṣṭhā, who was unmarried, and questioned her about it. Śarmiṣṭhā’s answer that a brahmin stranger, who came that way was the father of her child satisfied Devayānī. - [Previous: c5.463](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.463) - [Next: c5.465](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.465) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.464](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.464) · Pramāṇa