[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) › c9.1287 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1287 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1287 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1287) "Oh ! Rāghava ! This vast area is the hermitage where rest could be taken, as sweet fruits and pure water could be obtained and the forest looks like a garden. Here the seven hermits called Saptajanas, who did penance and took vow and fast by standing in water always, with heads downwards, did live in days of old." (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, Śarga 13). - [Previous: c9.1286](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1286) - [Next: c9.1288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1288) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.4.13) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1287](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1287) · Pramāṇa