Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1646.3

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3) The Crow and Rice-offerings. In Uttara Rāmāyaṇa there is a story about the crow's right to eat the offering of rice to Pitṛs. Once a King named Marutta performed a Maheśvara sattra. Indra and other gods attended the sattra. Hearing about this, Rāvaṇa came that way. The frightened gods fled away assuming the forms of different birds. Yama escaped in the form of a crow. From that time, Yama was pleased with crows. He gave a blessing that in future, when human beings worship the pitṛs by offering rice to them, the crows will have the right to eat that rice. Thus the right of the crows to eat offerings of rice, originated from that time. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). KAKṢA. A place of habitation of ancient Bhārata. (Śloka 49, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva). KAKṢAKA. A serpent born of the family of Vāsuki. This serpent was burnt to death at the Sarpasattra of Janamejaya. (Śloka 6, Chapter 57, Ādi Parva). KAKṢASENA I. 1) General information. (i) A King who was the grandson of Avikṣit and son of Parīkṣit. For genealogy see 'Parīkṣit'. (ii) Ugrasena, Citrasena, Indrasena, Suṣeṇa and Bhīmasena were his brothers. (Chapter 94, Ādi Parva). 2) Other details. (i) Kakṣasena was a member of the court of Yama. (Chapter 8, Sabhā Parva).