Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1806

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1806

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c9.1806

ŚIDDHA II (THE SIDDHAS). A group of Devas. The group of devas called Siddhas lived on the Himālayas near the hermitage of Kaṇva. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 70, Verse 15). It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 29, that this group of Gods stay in the palace of Yama serving him.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit