[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) › c7.235 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.235 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.235 - **Language:** English ### [c7.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.235) GAVIṢṬHA. A famous asura. It was he who descended on earth as king Drumasena. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 67). - [Previous: c7.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.234) - [Next: c7.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.236) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.235) · Pramāṇa