Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2326

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2326

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PRABHĀSA I. A son born to Dharmadeva of his wife Prabhātā. This Prabhāsa is considered to be one of the aṣṭavasus. Prabhāsa’s wife was the sister of Bṛhaspati, a widely travelled virtuous woman of renowned chastity and great yogic attainments. (Śloka 17, Chapter 66, Ādi Parva; Chapter 15, Aṃśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit