[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) › c8.500 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.500 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.500 - **Language:** English ### [c8.500](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.500) MANOVATĪ. The city of Brahmā. This city is situated in the centre of the nine cities on the top of the mountain Mahāmeru. Around it are the cities of the Aṣṭadikpālakas. (8th Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata). - [Previous: c8.499](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.499) - [Next: c8.501](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.501) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.500](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.500) · Pramāṇa