[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) › c7.1951 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1951 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1951 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1951](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1951) 2) Curse of Kaṇḍu. Kaṇḍu’s dear son aged sixteen died in a forest. Grief-stricken, the sage cursed that forest and made it a desert. There was no water there and all the trees became dried and dead. Hanūmān and party who went in search of Sītā came to this place. (Chapter 48, Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa). - [Previous: c7.1950](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1950) - [Next: c7.1952](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1952) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1951](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1951) · Pramāṇa