[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) › c8.2218 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2218 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2218 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2218) PHALAKĪVANA. A sacred place. Once the devatās started practising severe austerities at this place and it lasted for a long time extending to thousands of years. From then onwards this became a holy place. (Chapter 83, Vana Parva, Śloka 86). - [Previous: c8.2217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2217) - [Next: c8.2219](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2219) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2218) · Pramāṇa