[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) › c9.163 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.163 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.163 - **Language:** English ### [c9.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.163) 25) Saw Svayamprabhā. Aṅgada, Hanūmān, Jāmbavān and others during their search came to an extensive forest. They were dead tired with hunger and thirst. The leader of the party looked about for something to eat and drink when he saw small birds flying up from a distant pit. From drops of water falling from the wings of the birds it was inferred that the pit contained water. When Hanūmān and others entered the pit (cave) and walked a great distance they came to a spacious garden. They were astonished to find a solitary beauty there, and she related to them her autobiography as follows:— - [Previous: c9.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.162) - [Next: c9.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.164) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.163) · Pramāṇa