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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1056

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1056

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### [c8.1056](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1056)

Pleased at the slaughter of Mura, Viṣṇu blessed her and said "From today onwards you will be known as ‘Ekādaśī’. You will be capable of wiping off all sins on earth." (Padmapurāṇa, Uttarakhaṇḍa 36. 50-80).

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- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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