[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) › c7.1804 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1804 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1804 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1804](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1804) 6) Hamsa and his son in Kālindī. Once Kṛṣṇa attacked Jarāsandha and the son of his minister, Hamsa, being told that his father had been killed, committed suicide by jumping into Kālindī. But, Hamsa had not been killed, and when he returned from the battlefield and knew about the death of his son, he too jumped into Kālindī and committed suicide. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14). - [Previous: c7.1803](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1803) - [Next: c7.1805](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1805) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1804](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1804) · Pramāṇa