[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) › c9.4159 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4159) 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". - [Previous: c9.4158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4158) - [Next: c9.4160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4160) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4159) · Pramāṇa