[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) › c9.3241 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3241 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3241 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3241) 2) Other details. (i) Because he made dasyus (evil people) 'tras' (to tremble with fear) he got the name of Trasadasyu. (7th Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata). (ii) The Aśvinīdevas once saved him from defeat in a fight. (Sūkta 112, Maṇḍala 1, Ṛgveda). (iii) Once Agastya, Śrutarvā and Bradhnāśva, three eminent sages, came to the country of Trasadasyu. On hearing that the sages were coming, Trasadasyu abandoned all his work and went to receive the sages at the state boundary. He asked them the purpose of their visit and they said they wanted some money. The King then showed them his accounts and convinced them that he was poor. (Śloka 16, Chapter 98, Vana Parva). (iv) Trasadasyu was one among those whose name should be remembered early in the morning. (Śloka 55, Chapter 165, Anuśāsana Parva). - [Previous: c9.3240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3240) - [Next: c9.3242](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3242) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (3) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.112) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Devībhāgavata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata-vidyanatha-vidyatirtha.7) — Vidyānātha Vidyātīrtha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3241) · Pramāṇa