[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) › c7.2391 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2391 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2391 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2391](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2391) KHANAKA. A messenger sent by Vidura, secretly to the Pāṇḍavas who were living in the wax-house. Vidura sent a message through Khanaka to the effect that Duryodhana had decided to set fire to the wax-house employing Purocana to do it on the 14th night of the dark lunar fortnight. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 147). - [Previous: c7.2390](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2390) - [Next: c7.2392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2392) - [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.c7.2391](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2391) · Pramāṇa