[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) › c9.3167 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3167 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3167 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3167) TARANTUKA. A Yakṣa. This Yakṣa is installed on the boundary of Kurukṣetra. If one spends one night in this holy place one would get the benefit of giving away a thousand cows as gifts. (Chapter 83, Vana Parva). - [Previous: c9.3166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3166) - [Next: c9.3168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3168) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3167) · Pramāṇa