[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) › c8.1159 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1159 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1159 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1159) NAIMIṢEYA. A sacred place. River Sarasvatī which flowed westwards changed its course here towards the east so that it (river) might see the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya. There is a story about it in Mahābhārata as follows:— - [Previous: c8.1158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1158) - [Next: c8.1160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1160) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1159) · Pramāṇa