[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) › c9.4222 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4222 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4222 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4222) VIDAIVATA. A devil. In the previous birth, this devil was a Kṣatriya king named Harihara. This lived as a godless man in consequence of which, he was born as a devil in his next birth. (Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa, Chapter 95). - [Previous: c9.4221](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4221) - [Next: c9.4223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4223) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.5.95) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4222) · Pramāṇa