[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) › c8.270 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.270 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.270 - **Language:** English ### [c8.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.270) People were frightened when they heard the warning from air and all remained in the temple chanting prayers and reciting devotional songs about Viṣṇu. Makaradamṣṭrā sat there for a while dreaming about the happiness in store for her in Svarga and awaiting her daughter's husband to come and take her. But Lohajaṅgha had come to the temple in an ordinary dress and was with the crowd in the temple. Time dragged on and it became midnight and Makaradamṣṭrā sitting on the wheel of the flagstaff felt uneasy. She could not sit there any longer and she cried aloud, "Oh, I am falling". People mistook her for Mārī and cried back, "Oh, goddess, do not fall". It became morning and in the sunlight they saw a figure sitting on the top of the flagstaff and were surprised. The King was informed and he came to the temple and so also all people from the place. When the people on scrutinising the figure knew it was Makaradamṣṭrā, they all clapped their hands laughing loudly. Hearing the news Rūpiṇikā also came to the temple and she somehow got her mother down from the flagstaff. The King then made the prostitute tell her story and when it was finished he declared thus: "Who has thus played fraud on this prostitute who had throughout her life cheated other people? If he comes before me now I will give him my crown and Kingdom". Hearing that Lohajaṅgha appeared before the King and confessed that he had done the mischief. He then narrated his story to the king and placed before the king the golden Seal of Viṣṇu's emblem which Vibhīṣaṇa had given him. The King as per his promise gave Lohajaṅgha his kingdom and Rūpiṇikā once more became his. The arrogance of Makaradaṃṣṭrā was thus curbed. (Kathāmukhalambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara). - [Previous: c8.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.269) - [Next: c8.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.271) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.270) · Pramāṇa