[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) › c9.4260 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4260 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4260 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4260) 2) \*Incarnation of Dharmadeva.\* There is a story in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 107, which describes Vidura as born from a portion of Dharmadeva. The story is given below. - [Previous: c9.4259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4259) - [Next: c9.4261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4261) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4260) · Pramāṇa