[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) › c8.2695 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2695 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2695 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2695](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2695) PULASTYA. One of the Prajāpatis. 1) Birth and marriage. Pulastya is one of the six spiritual sons of Brahmā. Pulastya was born from the Karṇa-ear-of Brahmā. (Chapter 65, Ādi Parva and Bhāgavata). Pulastya had a son named Dattoli (Dambholi) of his wife Prīti. This Dattoli in his previous birth was the Agastya of Svāyambhuva Manvantara. (Chapter 10, Aṃśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Pulastya had a son named Viśravas of his wife Havirbhū. (4th Skandha, Bhāgavata). Mahābhārata states that Pulastya had two wives named Sandhyā and Pratīcī. Havirbhū mother of Viśravas had another name, Māninī. All these statements together indicate that Pulastya had four wives named Prīti, Havirbhū, Sandhyā and Pratīcī. 2) Genealogy. The race formed by Pulastya is given below: Pulastya got a son named Viśravas of his wife Havirbhū alias Māninī. Viśravas had two wives named Kaikasī and Devavarṇini alias Ilabilā. Kaikasī had three sons, Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, and Vibhīṣaṇa and a daughter named Śūrpaṇakhā. Rāvaṇa got of his wife Mandodarī three sons, Meghanāda, Atikāya and Akṣakumāra. Kumbhakarṇa got of his wife Vajramālā two sons named Kumbha and Nikumbha. Vibhīṣaṇa got of his wife Saramā seven sons. Viśravas got of his wife Ilabilā a son named Vaiśravaṇa alias Kubera. - [Previous: c8.2694](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2694) - [Next: c8.2696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2696) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (3) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2695](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2695) · Pramāṇa