[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) › c8.950 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.950 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.950 - **Language:** English ### [c8.950](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.950) MRGĀNKAKA. A sword. Once Kubera cursed a Yakṣa and making him a lion posted it to guard the palace-gates of Mahābali. He said he would be released from the curse when any man on earth defeated it. Once a brahmin warrior named Śrīdatta defeated this lion and at once the lion changed into a Yakṣa and the Yakṣa presented Śrīdatta with the sword named Mrgāṅkaka. (Kathāpīṭhalambaka, Kathāsaritsāgara). - [Previous: c8.949](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.949) - [Next: c8.951](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.951) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.950](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.950) · Pramāṇa