[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) › c9.2155 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2155 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2155 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2155) ŚRṄGAVĀN II. An ancient sage. He was the son of Gālava. He married by force, a woman named Vṛddhakanyā. After a night's married life, Vṛddhakanyā departed. The sage then renounced everything and followed her. (M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 82). - [Previous: c9.2154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2154) - [Next: c9.2156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2156) - [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.c9.2155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2155) · Pramāṇa