[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) › c8.1270 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1270 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1270 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1270) NANDABHADRA. A righteous Vaiśya. Having been childless for a long time this Vaiśya, who was an ardent devotee of God Kapileśvara, got a son in his old age. But he died after his marriage. With this calamity Nandabhadra became a man of abstinence and began to try to acquire spiritual knowledge. After a while a seven-year-old boy appeared before the Vaiśya and quenched his thirst for spiritual knowledge. Later with meditation on Śiva and the Sun, Nandabhadra attained heaven. (Skanda Purāṇa, Chapters 1, 2 and 46). - [Previous: c8.1269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1269) - [Next: c8.1271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1271) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1270) · Pramāṇa