[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) › c9.2991 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2991 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2991 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2991) Two daughters named Menā and Dhāriṇī were born, to the manes by Svadhādevī. It is mentioned in Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 1, Chapter 10, that both of the daughters were expounders of Vedas, full of knowledge and the seat of all good qualities. - [Previous: c9.2990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2990) - [Next: c9.2992](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2992) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2991) · Pramāṇa