[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) › c9.1817 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1817 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1817 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1817](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1817) SIDDHI III. The son of an Agni (fire) named Vira. Siddhi was born to this Virāgni, by his wife Sarayū. The story stating how this agni once screened the sun by his radiance, occurs in Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 218. - [Previous: c9.1816](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1816) - [Next: c9.1818](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1818) - [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.c9.1817](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1817) · Pramāṇa