[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) › c7.1927 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1927 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1927 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1927](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1927) Devakī delivered a son. He grew up under the name of Kīrtimān and one day Nārada visited Kaṃsa and told him that he was the incarnation of an Asura named Kālanemi and the son who would be born to Devakī to kill him was Nārāyaṇa. Kaṃsa, blind with fury, killed Kīrtimān by striking him on the earth and imprisoned both Devakī and Vasudeva. - [Previous: c7.1926](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1926) - [Next: c7.1928](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1928) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1927](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1927) · Pramāṇa