[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) › c8.1961 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1961 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1961 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1961) PARAŚUVAṆA. A forest in hell. The sinners after climbing out of Vaitaraṇī, a river in hell in which hot blood flows, reach Asipatravana. There the bodies of the sinners are cut by the leaves of asipatra which are as sharp as a sword's edge. Leaving that they reach Paraśuvana. (Śloka 32, Chapter 322, Śānti Parva). - [Previous: c8.1960](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1960) - [Next: c8.1962](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1962) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1961](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1961) · Pramāṇa