[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) › c8.815 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.815 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.815 - **Language:** English ### [c8.815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.815) MEGHAHĀSA. A son of Rāhu. When he heard that Mahāviṣṇu had cut off the head of his father he went to the banks of the river Gautamī and practised severe penance. As a result of that Rāhu, his father, got a place among the other planets in the sky. (Chapter 142, Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.814](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.814) - [Next: c8.816](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.816) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.815) · Pramāṇa