[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) › c8.1412 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1412 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1412 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1412) It was this King, who was the father of the sixteen thousand damsels, who took birth again as Narakāsura. Those sixteen thousand damsels who had been born as princesses in different places were taken captives by Narakāsura and were kept in Audaka. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 10). - [Previous: c8.1411](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1411) - [Next: c8.1413](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1413) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1412](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1412) · Pramāṇa