[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) › c8.2434 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2434 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2434 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2434) PRAJĀPATIVEDI. This is a holy place situated in the middle of four sacred places in Kurukṣetra named Tarantuka, Arantuka, Paraśurāmakunda and Macakruka. This place is called the Uttara (north) vedi of Prajāpati also. Besides this, four other places, Pratiṣṭhānapurī (with Prayāga), Kambala, Aśvatara and Bhagavatis are called Prajāpativedis. The aforesaid five sacred Places are called Brahmavedi also. (Chapter 53, Śalya Parva; Chapter 85, Vana Parva). - [Previous: c8.2433](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2433) - [Next: c8.2435](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2435) - [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.c8.2434](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2434) · Pramāṇa