[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) › c9.2460 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2460 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2460 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2460](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2460) SUDHANVĀ I. A guard of the ends of the quarters. In the beginning of creation Brahmā made four guards of the four ends. They were Sudhanvā in the East, Śaṅkhapāda in the South, Ketumān in the West and Hiraṇyaromā in the North. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19). - [Previous: c9.2459](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2459) - [Next: c9.2461](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2461) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2460](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2460) · Pramāṇa