[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) › c9.1356 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1356 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1356 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1356) 3) Misled Kumbhakarṇa. When Kumbhakarṇa requested Brahmā for a boon, Sarasvatī, at the instance of the latter, lodged herself in the tongue of Kumbhakarṇa and made him ask for Nidrāvatva (Sleep), something different from what he really desired to get Viz. Nirdevatva (absence of Devas). - [Previous: c9.1355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1355) - [Next: c9.1357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1357) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1356) · Pramāṇa