[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) › c8.192 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.192 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.192 - **Language:** English ### [c8.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.192) MAHIJIT. A king of Māhiṣmatī who lived in Dvāpara Yuga. He was childless and got a son by observing Vrata on the Ekādaśī day falling in the bright lunar fortnight in the month of Śrāvaṇa (August). (Uttara-khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.191) - [Next: c8.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.193) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.192) · Pramāṇa