[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) › c8.133 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.133 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.133 - **Language:** English ### [c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.133) MAHĀNANDĪ. A Magadha King who was the son of Nandivardhana. He was the last King of the Śiśunāga dynasty. King Nanda was the son of Mahānandī by a Śūdra woman. According to Matsya Purāṇa, Vāyu Purāṇa and Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, he ruled the country for 46 years. - [Previous: c8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.132) - [Next: c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.134) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.133) · Pramāṇa