[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) › c7.756 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.756 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.756 - **Language:** English ### [c7.756](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.756) (24) The River Gaṅgā deposited Śiva's semen on a high peak of Himavān and Subrahmaṇya was born from it. (Karṇa Parva, Chapter 44, Verse 9). - [Previous: c7.755](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.755) - [Next: c7.757](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.757) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.756](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.756) · Pramāṇa