[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) › c9.4197 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4197 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4197 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4197) 1) General information. A hermit, born in the family of Kaśyapa. Once he happened to see Urvaśī. When he pondered over her, seminal flow occurred to him. An antelope swallowed it and gave birth to a son. That son was known as the hermit Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, when he grew up. (For details see under Ṛṣyaśṛṅga). - [Previous: c9.4196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4196) - [Next: c9.4198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4198) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4197) · Pramāṇa