[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) › c8.197 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.197 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.197 - **Language:** English ### [c8.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.197) MAHIRATHA. A King who earned great merit by observing Vrata in the month of Vaiśākha (May). This King gave to those in hell one day's puṇya and all of them were released from hell. - [Previous: c8.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.196) - [Next: c8.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.198) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.197) · Pramāṇa