[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) › c9.388 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.388 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.388 - **Language:** English ### [c9.388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.388) 2) Who were Ṛbhus? Aṅgiras, the son of Brahmā had a son named Sudhanvā. Sudhanvā had three children, Ṛbhukṣan, Vibhvan and Vāja. These three persons form the Ṛbhus as mentioned in Ṛgveda, 1st Maṇḍala, 16th Anuvāka, 11th Sūkta. - [Previous: c9.387](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.387) - [Next: c9.389](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.389) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.16) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.388) · Pramāṇa