Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2700

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2700

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c9.2700

ŚUNAŚSAKHA. Indra. Once Indra disguised himself as a Sannyāsī and travelled in the company of a dog. At that time, he made an attempt to steal lotus flower from Brahmasaras in Kauśīki tīrtha. Indra struck down at a single blow, Yātudhānī, the woman guard of the saras, who opposed him. From this time when Indra went about in the company of the dog, he got the name "Śunaśsakha". (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 94).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit