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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3649

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3649

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### [c9.3649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3649)

In Chapters 53-58 of Aśvamedha Parva of Mahābhārata is related the story of one Uttaṅka muni, under the caption ‘Utaṅkopākhyāna’. In Mahābhārata (original) he is referred to as Uttaṅka; but in its Malayālam rendering he is called Utaṅka. There are no substantial differences between the story of Uttaṅka and that of Utaṅka, Veda’s disciple. But, since, there are differences, in certain aspects some information about the Uttaṅka of the ‘Utaṅkopākhyāna’ is given below—

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## Cites (1)

- [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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