[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) › c5.859 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.859 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.859 - **Language:** English ### [c5.859](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.859) DHŪMAPA. A set of deified manes (Pitṛs) who form a gaṇa (Śiva’s hosts of deities). This Gaṇa is seen to have attended the sacrifice of Dakṣa. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 284, Stanza 8.) - [Previous: c5.858](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.858) - [Next: c5.860](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.860) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.859](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.859) · Pramāṇa