[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) › c5.5 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.5 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.5 - **Language:** English ### [c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.5) 1) Birth. A famous hermit. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 51, Stanza 83, that this hermit was the son of the great hermit Bhṛgu, and that he was made of the essences of the world, with a huge body. - [Previous: c5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.4) - [Next: c5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.6) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.5) · Pramāṇa