[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) › c5.72 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.72 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.72 - **Language:** English ### [c5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.72) DĀLBHYA (BAKADĀLBHYA). A Maharṣi of Naimiṣāraṇya. In Vāmana Purāṇa, there is a story of how this sage once performed a homa and burnt Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s kingdom in the sacrificial fire. - [Previous: c5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.71) - [Next: c5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.73) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.72) · Pramāṇa