Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3525

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3525

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2) How he got the name Uparicaravasu. Once Vasu built a hermitage and began to perform penance in accordance with the advice of Indra. When the penance became too severe Indra appeared and gave him an aerial chariot. Since then Vasu used to travel through air in the chariot. So he got the name ‘Uparicaravasu’ (Vasu, who travels above). (Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 63).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit