[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) › c8.2216 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2216 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2216 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2216) PHA. This letter means Jhañjhāvāta. Phū is phūtkāra, a sound resembling hissing and means ‘useless’ also. (Chapter 348, Agni Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.2215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2215) - [Next: c8.2217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2217) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.348) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2216) · Pramāṇa