[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) › c9.3644 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3644 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3644 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3644](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3644) On his way back to the āśrama with the ear-rings, he had only just stepped into a pool for a wash, when a naked Buddha sannyāsin, who was following him, snatched and ran off with the ear-rings. It was really Takṣaka disguised as the sannyāsin who thus snatched the ear-rings. Uttaṅka chased him and caught him when he assumed his original form of the serpent King and disappeared into a cave. Uttaṅka waited at the mouth of the cave stupefied, when Indra deputed his Vajrāyudha to help Uttaṅka. The Vajrāyudha cut a tunnel-like route to Pātāla from the earth and through the cave Uttaṅka reached Pātāla by this route and found out the palace of Takṣaka. - [Previous: c9.3643](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3643) - [Next: c9.3645](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3645) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3644](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3644) · Pramāṇa