[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) › c9.3840 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3840 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3840 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3840](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3840) VARAMAṆI. A beetle made of jewel. Brahmā had given a boon that only he who fought with this jewel-beetle in his mouth could kill Pātāla Rāvaṇa. This secret was known only to the giants, such as Rāvaṇa and others. This Varamaṇi was kept in an underground cell of a harem near the Kālī temple in the Pātāla. - [Previous: c9.3839](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3839) - [Next: c9.3841](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3841) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3840](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3840) · Pramāṇa