[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) › c7.2492 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2492 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2492 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2492) KOHALA. A Brahmin scholar. It is stated in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 53, Stanza 4, that this Brahmin was present at the ‘Sarpa Sattra’ (sacrifice to kill serpents) of Janamejaya. Once Bhagīratha gave this hermit as alms one lakh of cows with calves. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 138, Stanza 27). - [Previous: c7.2491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2491) - [Next: c7.2493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2493) - [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.c7.2492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2492) · Pramāṇa