[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) › c7.1355 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1355 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1355 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1355) "Jarā is consumption, Kāru is dāruṇa (awful). By and by his body became hard and awful and by penance he made his body to wear out, and so he got the name 'Jaratkāru'." - [Previous: c7.1354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1354) - [Next: c7.1356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1356) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1355) · Pramāṇa