[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) › c9.2403 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2403 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2403 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2403](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2403) SUDĀMĀ VIII. The real name of Kucela who was the friend of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in boyhood. Though his name occurs everywhere in Bhāgavata, as Kucela, his real name is Sudāmā. (See under Kucela). - [Previous: c9.2402](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2402) - [Next: c9.2404](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2404) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2403](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2403) · Pramāṇa