[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) › c8.1430 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1430 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1430 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1430) 1) Birth. Dharma, son of Brahmā was Nārāyaṇa's father. Dharma married ten daughters of Dakṣa, and four sons, i.e. Hari, Kṛṣṇa, Nara and Nārāyaṇa were born to him of them. Of the four, Nara and Nārāyaṇa were inseparable sannyāsins. In the holy Badarikāśrama on the slopes of the Himālayas they did tapas to please Brahmā for a thousand years. - [Previous: c8.1429](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1429) - [Next: c8.1431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1431) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1430) · Pramāṇa