[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) › c9.2862 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2862 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2862 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2862) 5) \*The Sun in the clutches of the giants.\* The Sun is being attacked daily by a kind of giants called the Mandehas. - [Previous: c9.2861](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2861) - [Next: c9.2863](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2863) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2862) · Pramāṇa