[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) › c9.3754 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3754 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3754 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3754) In the evening, the fierce giants called the Mandehas wish to eat the Sun. Prajāpati had given them a curse that though their bodies would not perish they would daily meet with death. So there is a fight between these giants and the sun daily in the evening. At that time the Brahmins recite the spell Gāyatrī with the Brahma-pervading syllable ‘OM’, and throw up water. This water becomes the Vajra weapon, and burns the giant. - [Previous: c9.3753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3753) - [Next: c9.3755](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3755) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3754) · Pramāṇa