Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1972

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1972

Language: English

c8.1972

PARIHARA. A King of the country of Kālañjara situated near Citrakūṭa. Parihara who was an Atharvaparāyaṇa (devoted to the Atharvaveda) ruled the country for twelve years and during his reign he gave a strong opposition to the spread of Buddhism. (Pratisarga Parva, Bhaviṣya Purāṇa).

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Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit