[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) › c9.4316 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4316 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4316 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4316](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4316) VIHAṄGA. A serpent (nāga) born in the race of the Nāga Airāvata. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Stanza 12, that this serpent fell in the sacrificial fire of the serpent-sacrifice performed by Janamejaya and was burnt to death. - [Previous: c9.4315](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4315) - [Next: c9.4317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4317) - [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.c9.4316](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4316) · Pramāṇa