[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) › c9.2176 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2176 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2176 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2176) Thus having completed the creation of Udbhids (Sprouts), Tiryaks (animals) and Arvāks (human beings) Brahmā passed on to the creation of heavenly beings. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 1; Chapter 5). - [Previous: c9.2175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2175) - [Next: c9.2177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2177) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2176) · Pramāṇa