[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) › c8.2858 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2858 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2858 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2858](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2858) PUṢPAVĀN. A King. This King who ruled supreme over all the three worlds also met with his death. The story of this King was quoted by Bhīṣma to illustrate that everything is transitory in this world. (Chapter 277, Śānti Parva). - [Previous: c8.2857](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2857) - [Next: c8.2859](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2859) - [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.c8.2858](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2858) · Pramāṇa