[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) › c9.1531 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1531 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1531 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1531](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1531) ŚATAYŪPA. A Kekaya Rājarṣi. He abdicated the throne in favour of his son and went to perform tapas in Kurukṣetra forest where he saw Dhṛtarāṣṭra and others and spoke about the rules to be observed in “forest life”. (Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 19, Verse 8). His grand-father’s name was Sahasracitya (Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 60). - [Previous: c9.1530](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1530) - [Next: c9.1532](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1532) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1531](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1531) · Pramāṇa