[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) › c7.1699 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1699 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1699 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1699](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1699) (25) Daṇḍaśūkam. Sinners who persecute fellow creatures like venomous serpents are cast into this Naraka. There are many wild beasts and many hooded serpents here. They eat alive, the sinners who fall into this hell. - [Previous: c7.1698](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1698) - [Next: c7.1700](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1700) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1699](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1699) · Pramāṇa