[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) › c9.1505 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1505 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1505 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1505) ŚATAMUKHA II. An asura, a great devotee of Śiva. He did very intense tapas for hundred years making offerings of his flesh in the fire. Śiva, who was pleased with his tapas, granted him many boons. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 58). - [Previous: c9.1504](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1504) - [Next: c9.1506](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1506) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.45) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1505) · Pramāṇa