[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) › c7.1222 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1222 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1222 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1222) Seeing that Śiva had given away his cāpa (bow) Mahāviṣṇu gave his bow to his devotee, the hermit Ṛcika. That Vaiṣṇava cāpa was given to Jamadagni by Ṛcika. Thus the famous Vaiṣṇava cāpa arrived at the hermitage of Jamadagni. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Sarga 75). - [Previous: c7.1221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1221) - [Next: c7.1223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1223) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.1.75) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1222) · Pramāṇa