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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2368

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2368

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### [c7.2368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2368)

KETUMĀN V. Antapāla (the guard of the boundary) of the west. At the beginning of the creation of the world Brahmā had appointed as guards of the boundaries, Sudhanvan in the east, Saṅkhapāda in the south, Ketumān in the West and Hiraṇyaromaka in the North. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19).

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## Cites (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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