[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) › c7.922 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.922 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.922 - **Language:** English ### [c7.922](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.922) 45) \*Indra and Mataṅga\*. A story is found in the Mahābhārata under the title of “Indra-Mataṅga-Saṃvāda” which illustrates that a Kṣatriya, Vaiśya or Śūdra can never become a Brāhmaṇa by any means. It was told by Bhīṣma to Arjuna as follows :— - [Previous: c7.921](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.921) - [Next: c7.923](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.923) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.922](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.922) · Pramāṇa