[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) › c8.2844 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2844 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2844 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2844](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2844) PUṢPADANTA III. One of the attendants of Śiva. Due to a curse Puṣpadanta was born on earth as Vararuci. (See under Vararuci). There was another curse also on him. (See under Jambukeśvara). - [Previous: c8.2843](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2843) - [Next: c8.2845](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2845) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2844](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2844) · Pramāṇa