[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) › c9.16 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.16 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.16 - **Language:** English ### [c9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.16) RĀHODARA (RAHODARA). A muni of ancient days. There is a story in Chapter 39 of the Vāmana Purāṇa about a skull falling on the muni's neck and the place where the skull was removed from his neck coming to be known as Kapālamocana. - [Previous: c9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.15) - [Next: c9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.17) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.16) · Pramāṇa