[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) › c9.4031 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4031 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4031 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4031](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4031) VASUṢEṆA. A name of Karṇa at the time of his boyhood. He was called by the name Vasuṣeṇa by his foster-father Adhiratha and his foster-mother Rādhā. (See under Karṇa). - [Previous: c9.4030](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4030) - [Next: c9.4032](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4032) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4031](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4031) · Pramāṇa