Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4096

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4096

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c9.4096

VĀYUCAKRA. A hermit. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 38, Stanza 32, that this Vāyucakra was born from the semen kept in a pot by the hermit Maṅkaṇaka. From this same pot some other hermits such as Vāyubala, Vāyujvāla and others were born. (See under Maṅkaṇaka, Para 3).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit