[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) › c9.4067 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4067 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4067 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4067](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4067) VĀTSYA I. A hermit belonging to the Guruparamparā (the line of teachers). It was this hermit Vātsya who wrote the famous Vātsyāyana Sūtra (the science of Amour). He was one of the guests at the serpent-sacrifice (Sarpasatra) of Janamejaya. (M.B. Ādi Parva Chapter 53, Stanza 9). He visited Bhīṣma who lay on the bed of arrows. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 47, Stanza). See under Guruparamparā. - [Previous: c9.4066](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4066) - [Next: c9.4068](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4068) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4067](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4067) · Pramāṇa