[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) › c7.1049 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1049 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1049 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1049](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1049) INDRAVĀHANA. King Kakutstha of the Ikṣvāku dynasty made Indra his vehicle in the form of an ox and fought the Asuras thus. Hence the name Indravāhana. (See under Kakutstha). - [Previous: c7.1048](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1048) - [Next: c7.1050](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1050) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1049](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1049) · Pramāṇa