[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) › c7.3268 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3268 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3268 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3268) LAVAṆA II. A King who was a grandson of Hariścandra. He once conducted a Rājasūya in his imagination and became a Caṇḍāla. (story in Jñānavāsiṣṭha). This story was narrated to Śrī Rāma by Vasiṣṭha to teach him the truth that man does not realise that this whole universe is an illusion only because of his ignorance. - [Previous: c7.3267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3267) - [Next: c7.3269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3269) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Yogavāsiṣṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3268) · Pramāṇa