[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) › c7.585 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.585 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.585 - **Language:** English ### [c7.585](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.585) It was while Añjanā was doing tapas so that she might become pregnant by Śiva that Śiva and Pārvatī played in that forest disguised as monkeys, and Pārvatī conceived and the child ultimately came out as the son of Añjanā. - [Previous: c7.584](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.584) - [Next: c7.586](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.586) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.585](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.585) · Pramāṇa