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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.763

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.763

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### [c5.763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.763)

(8) On another occasion Dhaumya described to Dharmaputra the motions of the Sun and the Moon The hermit advised him to observe the fast of Vaiśākha-śuklaikādaśī known as Mohini. Accordingly he observed the fast and became sinless. Invested with a divine form he entered the realm of Viṣṇu. (Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 51).

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## Cites (1)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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