[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) › c8.1553 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1553 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1553 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1553](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1553) NIRṚTI I. A Deva. The Purāṇas contain the following information about him. (i) He is one of the Aṣṭadikpālas (guards of the eight quarters). He is in charge of the south-western corner. (See under Aṣṭadikpālas). (ii) He is one of the Ekādaśarudras. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 2). (iii) Brahmā was his grand-father and Sthāṇu his father. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 2). (iv) He attended the birth-day celebrations of Arjuna. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 129, Verse 63). (v) In temples his idols are installed with sword in hand and seated on an ass. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 51). - [Previous: c8.1552](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1552) - [Next: c8.1554](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1554) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1553](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1553) · Pramāṇa