[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) › c9.4155 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4155 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4155 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4155) The story says that Sunīthā was the mother of Vena. In her play she used to imitate her father's job which was hurting others. One day when she went to the forest for play with her maids she saw Suśaṅkha the son of a Gandharva named Gītakolāhala. That youth who was handsome in every part of his body, was doing penance meditating on the goddess Sarasvatī for the attainment of the art of music. Sunīthā began to annoy him daily. Suśaṅkha bore this annoyance patiently. He said only this "Go away, go away." But she did not pay heed to his appeals. Once she became angry and struck him. Getting angry at this, Suśaṅkha called out, "You wicked girl! Why do you annoy me? You have beaten me, who am engaged in penance, for no cause." That righteous Gandharva youth curbed his anger considering that she was a woman. - [Previous: c9.4154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4154) - [Next: c9.4156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4156) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4155) · Pramāṇa