[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) › c9.1692 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1692 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1692 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1692](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1692) 2) Birth. Śaunahotra, the son of the sage Śunahotra, once performed a yāga. Indra attended that yāga. At that time Śaunahotra rescued Indra from an attack of the Asuras. Indra who was pleased at this, blessed Śaunahotra that he would be born in his next birth in the Bhṛgu family under the name "Śaunaka". - [Previous: c9.1691](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1691) - [Next: c9.1693](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1693) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1692](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1692) · Pramāṇa