[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) › c8.84 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.84 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.84 - **Language:** English ### [c8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.84) MAHĀHANU. A nāga born in the family of Takṣaka. In Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Verse 10, we read that this nāga was burnt to death in Janamejaya's 'Sarpasatra'. - [Previous: c8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.83) - [Next: c8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.85) - [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.c8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.84) · Pramāṇa