[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) › c7.1730 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1730 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1730 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1730](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1730) KĀLAKŪṬA. The virulent poison that came up during the churning of the Ocean of Milk. Śiva swallowed and retained it in his throat, and so he came to be called Nīlakaṇṭha. - [Previous: c7.1729](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1729) - [Next: c7.1731](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1731) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1730](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1730) · Pramāṇa