[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) › c8.72 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.72 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.72 - **Language:** English ### [c8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.72) MAHĀBHAYA. A Rākṣasa. He was born to Adharma by his wife Nirṛti. Mahābhaya had two brothers named Bhaya and Mṛtyu. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 66, Verse 54). - [Previous: c8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.71) - [Next: c8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.73) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.72) · Pramāṇa