[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) › c8.1921 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1921 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1921 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1921](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1921) (i) He got the name Parāśara because even from the womb of his mother he consoled Vasiṣṭha when his son Śakti, father of Parāśara was eaten by the demoniac form of Kalmāṣapāda. - [Previous: c8.1920](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1920) - [Next: c8.1922](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1922) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1921](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1921) · Pramāṇa