[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) › c8.2239 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2239 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2239 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2239) PIṄGALA I. A deva who is an attendant of the Sun-god. Sūrya (Sun-god) rides in a one-wheeled chariot drawn by seven horses and he bears in his hands two lotuses. On his right side stands the attendant Daṇḍi with an ink-pot and a writing stick and on his left side stands the attendant Piṅgala with a stick. Both these are demi-god attendants of Sūrya. (Chapter 51, Agni Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.2238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2238) - [Next: c8.2240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2240) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2239) · Pramāṇa