[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) › c9.4147 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4147 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4147 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4147) VEGAVĀN III. A daitya (asura). A follower of the King of Śālva. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 16, Stanza 17, that this daitya was killed in a fight with Sāmba, the son of Kṛṣṇa. - [Previous: c9.4146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4146) - [Next: c9.4148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4148) - [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.c9.4147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4147) · Pramāṇa