[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) › c8.473 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.473 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.473 - **Language:** English ### [c8.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.473) MAṄKA. A place of habitation in the island of Śāka. This place is inhabited mostly by dutiful brahmins. (Chapter 11, Bhīṣma Parva). - [Previous: c8.472](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.472) - [Next: c8.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.474) - [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.c8.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.473) · Pramāṇa