[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) › c7.426 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.426 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.426 - **Language:** English ### [c7.426](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.426) GOVINDADATTA. A brahmin of great fame who resided in Bahusurvaṇaka, a city on the banks of the river Gaṅgā. His wife was a very pious woman. They had five children. Once when both the parents were away from the house a sage called Vaiśvānara came there but the children did not receive him and treat him properly. Knowing this Govindadatta abandoned all his children. (Kathāsaritsāgara, Kathāpīṭhalambaka). - [Previous: c7.425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.425) - [Next: c7.427](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.427) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.426](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.426) · Pramāṇa