[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) › c8.2370 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2370 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2370 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2370) The demon threw the child into the ocean and a great fish swallowed it. The fishermen of the country of Śambara caught this fish and following the custom prevalent there presented the king with the fish. Śambara called his wife Māyāvatī and asked her to take the fish and get it cooked. When Māyāvatī cut open the fish for cooking she found to her surprise a beautiful child inside it. Even from the first sight of the child Māyāvatī had a great liking for it and so she took the child and brought it up as her own child. - [Previous: c8.2369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2369) - [Next: c8.2371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2371) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2370) · Pramāṇa