[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) › c8.1788 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1788 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1788 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1788](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1788) 3) Sandhivigraha (Peace and war). We must make friends with people only after knowing them well. There was once a big banyan tree in a forest which was inhabited by many crows. Their leader was a crow named Meghavarṇa. About three kilometres away from this tree was another banyan tree on which lived a number of owls. Their leader was an owl named Amardana. The crows and the owls were great enemies. - [Previous: c8.1787](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1787) - [Next: c8.1789](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1789) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1788](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1788) · Pramāṇa