[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) › c8.1919 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1919 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1919 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1919](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1919) 4) Birth of Vyāsa. Parāśara begot a son of a fisherwoman named Satyavatī and the boy became later the celebrated Vyāsa. - [Previous: c8.1918](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1918) - [Next: c8.1920](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1920) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1919](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1919) · Pramāṇa