[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) › c9.3759 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3759 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3759 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3759) VĀKA. The daughter of the giant Mālyavān. Viśravas married her. Three sons Triśiras, Dūṣaṇa and Vidyujjihva and a daughter Anupālikā were born to the couple (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 3: 8: 39-56; Vāyu Purāṇa, 70 34-50). But in mahā Bhārata, mention is made only about three wives of Viśravas, named Puṣpotkaṭā, Rākā and Mālinī - [Previous: c9.3758](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3758) - [Next: c9.3760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3760) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3759) · Pramāṇa