Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4159
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4159
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3) The wicked rule of Vena. The hermits anointed Vena as the King. He became lord of the whole earth. He made a proclamation thus: "Sacrifice is prohibited. Giving alms, is prohibited. Offerings of no kind should be made. Who else, other than I, can be the Yajña-puruṣa? (the deity who eats the food of sacrifice)? I am the only lord and consumer of sacrifices".