[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) › c8.166 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.166 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.166 - **Language:** English ### [c8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.166) MAHATI. Nārada's Viṇā (Lute). It was this Mahatī which became the lute in the world, as the result of a curse. (See under Nārada). - [Previous: c8.165](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.165) - [Next: c8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.167) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.166) · Pramāṇa