[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) › c8.1988 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1988 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1988 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1988](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1988) 6) \*Parīkṣit as a king.\* Many researches have been made to fix the period of the reign of Parīkṣit. “Saptarṣayo maghāyuktāḥ Kale Pārīkṣite śbhavan // (Chapter 271, Matsya Purāṇa), “Te tu Pārīkṣite kāle Maghāsvāsan dvijottamāḥ” (Chapter 24, Amśa 4, Viṣṇu Purāṇa) Following these statements in the Purāṇas, astronomers and astrologers searched for the year or years in which the Saptarṣi maṇḍala (the constellation of a group of seven stars) and the month of māgha came into the same zodiac. It came in B.C. 3077 and then in B.C. 477. This would again occur in 2223 A.D. Parīkṣit, according to other facts, also must have lived in B.C. 3077. - [Previous: c8.1987](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1987) - [Next: c8.1989](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1989) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.271) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1988](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1988) · Pramāṇa