[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) › c8.2748 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2748 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2748 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2748](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2748) PUNYAŚRAVAS. A sage. This maharṣi who was a great devotee of Viṣṇu was born to the brother of Nanda gopa, during the incarnation of Viṣṇu as Kṛṣṇa, as a daughter named Lavaṅgā. (Pātāla Khaṇḍa, Padma, Purāṇa Chapter 72). - [Previous: c8.2747](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2747) - [Next: c8.2749](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2749) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.5.72) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2748](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2748) · Pramāṇa