[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) › c7.2764 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2764 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2764 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2764](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2764) KṚṢṆĀTREYA. A great sage of ancient India. It is said that this sage grasped the whole of Āyurveda and practised it by the strength of his penance (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 210, Verse 21). - [Previous: c7.2763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2763) - [Next: c7.2765](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2765) - [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.c7.2764](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2764) · Pramāṇa