[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) › c7.3216 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3216 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3216 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3216) 5) Lakṣmī in cow-dung. The people of Bhārata consider cow dung as very sacred and there is a story in the 82nd Chapter of Anuśāsana Parva as to how cow-dung became sacred : - [Previous: c7.3215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3215) - [Next: c7.3217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3217) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3216) · Pramāṇa