[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) › c9.2928.5 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2928.5 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2928.5 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2928.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2928.5) 4) Other details. Sūta was one of the hermits who visited Bhīṣma on his bed of arrows during the battle of Bhārata. (MB. Śānti Parva, Chapter 47 Verse 12). SŪTA II. One of the hermits who were expounders of the Vedas. (Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 57.) SŪTA. III. A blended class of people. (See under Varṇa). SUTALA. A part of Pātāla (netherworld). (See under Pātāla). SUTANU I. The wife of Aśvasuta, the son of the King of Vajra. Sutanu was the daughter of Yudhiṣṭhira. (Vāyu Purāṇa, 96, 250). SUTANU II. The daughter of Āhuka otherwise called Ugrasena. (Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 33) Śrī Kṛṣṇa made Akrūra marry this Sutanu. SUTAPAS I. A King of the dynasty of Bharata. He was the son of Homa and the father of Bala. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 9). SUTAPAS II. A Prajāpati who lived in days of yore. A son named Pṛśnigarbha was born to this Prajāpati by his wife Pṛśni. That son was a partial incarnation of Mahāviṣṇu. (For further details see under Aditi Para 7). SUTAPAS III. A son of Vasiṣṭha. Seven sons named Rajas, Gotra, Ūrdhvabāhu, Savana, Anagha, Sutapas and Śukra, were born by his wife Ūrjā. All the seven of them were the Saptarṣis (seven hermits) of the third Manvantara. (See under Manvantara). SUTAPAS IV. Father of the hermit Upamanyn. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 18). SUTAPAS V. A hermit of the family of Bhṛgu. (See under Ugratapas). - [Previous: c9.2928.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2928.4) - [Next: c9.2929](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2929) - [Up: c9.2928](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2928) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2928.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2928.5) · Pramāṇa