[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) › c9.2140 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2140 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2140 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2140) ŚRĪMĀTĀ. An aspect of Devī who incarnated to kill the Rākṣasa named Karṇāṭaka who used to abduct the wives of maharṣis in the disguise of a Brāhmaṇa. (Skanda Purāṇa, 3:2: 16-18). - [Previous: c9.2139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2139) - [Next: c9.2141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2141) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2140) · Pramāṇa