[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) › c8.760 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.760 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.760 - **Language:** English ### [c8.760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.760) 3) Exhibition of Māyā. Mahāviṣṇu once told Nārada thus: "There is nothing like living beings on earth. All is an illusion due to Māyā." Nārada requested Mahāviṣṇu to show him that and Viṣṇu took Nārada to the banks of a river and exhibited the wonderful working of Māyā. (For details see under Tāladhvaja I). - [Previous: c8.759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.759) - [Next: c8.761](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.761) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.760) · Pramāṇa