[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) › c9.3690 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3690 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3690 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3690](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3690) VĀHIKA. A Brahmin who was well-versed in the Vedas. This Brahmin earned his bread by selling salt. In his life, he had committed sins. At last he was killed by a lion. The flesh of his dead body fell in the Gaṅgā in consequence of which he got remission of his sins. (Skanda Purāṇa 2: 4: 1-28). - [Previous: c9.3689](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3689) - [Next: c9.3691](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3691) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3690](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3690) · Pramāṇa