[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) › c9.42 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.42 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.42 - **Language:** English ### [c9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.42) (1) An ancient King in Bhārata. Once he heard the Gandharvas singing songs from Sāmaveda in the arbours of Mandara mountain in the south and becoming so much immersed in it, he desired to renounce his country, city, wife and everything and go to the forest. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 109, Stanza 9). - [Previous: c9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.41) - [Next: c9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.43) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.42) · Pramāṇa