[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) › c7.566 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.566 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.566 - **Language:** English ### [c7.566](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.566) GULMA. See under Akṣauhiṇī. GULMAKA. The uncle of Guṇāḍhya. Guṇāḍhya is the author of the famous book \*Bṛhatkathā\*. In the city of Supratiṣṭhita there was a brahmin named Somaśarmā who had three children, namely, Vatsa, Gulmaka and Śrutārtha. Guṇāḍhya was the son of Śrutārtha (Taraṅga 6, Kathāpīṭhalambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara). - [Previous: c7.565](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.565) - [Next: c7.567](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.567) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.566](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.566) · Pramāṇa