[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) › c8.1979 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1979 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1979 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1979](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1979) 1) Birth. Parīkṣit was the son born to Abhimanyu of Uttarā. This was a still-born child and it was Śrī Kṛṣṇa who gave it life. There is a story in Mahābhārata about this : - [Previous: c8.1978](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1978) - [Next: c8.1980](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1980) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1979](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1979) · Pramāṇa