[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) › c8.127 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.127 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.127 - **Language:** English ### [c8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.127) MAHĀNĀDA. A Rākṣasa. In Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, we see that he was a Minister and the uncle of Rāvaṇa. - [Previous: c8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.126) - [Next: c8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.128) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.127) · Pramāṇa