[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) › c9.1246 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1246 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1246 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1246) (iii) Śantanu became King as his elder brother Devāpi had, as an infant, renounced the throne and left for the forest. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 62; Chapter 95, Verse 45). - [Previous: c9.1245](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1245) - [Next: c9.1247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1247) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1246) · Pramāṇa