[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) › c8.1916 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1916 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1916 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1916](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1916) 2) Birth. Śakti, son of Vasiṣṭha begot of his wife Adṛṣyantī the son named Parāśara. Even at the time of his birth he was a scholar. (For details regarding birth see under Adṛṣyantī). - [Previous: c8.1915](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1915) - [Next: c8.1917](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1917) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1916](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1916) · Pramāṇa