[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) › c8.602 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.602 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.602 - **Language:** English ### [c8.602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.602) MARAṆA (M) (DEATH). Death is a goddess whose name is Mṛtyu. The Purāṇas state that there was no death in the world before the birth of this goddess. In Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva, Chapter 53 there is the following story about the circumstances in which Brahmā created Mṛtyu. - [Previous: c8.601](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.601) - [Next: c8.603](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.603) - [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.c8.602](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.602) · Pramāṇa