[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) › c7.521 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.521 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.521 - **Language:** English ### [c7.521](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.521) The story of how Supratīka became Kāṇabhūti is this: The Yakṣa, Supratīka, got friendly with a demon named Śūlaśiras and they moved about freely as chums. Vaiśravaṇa did not like this and he cursed Supratīka and converted him into a satan. At once, Dīrghajaṅgha, elder brother of Supratīka, came and begged for relief. Vaiśravaṇa then said: "Puṣpadanta will be born on the earth by a curse as man and he will one day come and tell Supratīka many great stories. After hearing them he should narrate them to Mālyavān who will then be born on the earth as man. Supratīka will then get release from the curse and become his old self again". Supratīka was born in the forests of Vindhya as Kāṇabhūti. - [Previous: c7.520](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.520) - [Next: c7.522](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.522) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.521](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.521) · Pramāṇa