[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) › c7.843 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.843 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.843 - **Language:** English ### [c7.843](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.843) 2) Vaivasvata Manu and Śraddhā had, for a long time no children. Manu got performed once by Agastya a yajña to propitiate the Mitrāvaruṇas so that a son might be born to him (Manu). Soon a daughter was born to him and she was called Ilā. Then Manu asked Vasiṣṭha why a daughter was born to him instead of a son for whom the yajña was performed by Agastya. At once, Vasiṣṭha by his will-power turned the girl Ilā into a boy, and the boy was named Sudyumna. (Bhāgavata). - [Previous: c7.842](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.842) - [Next: c7.844](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.844) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.843](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.843) · Pramāṇa