[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) › c9.4496 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4496 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4496 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4496](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4496) VIRADYUMNA. An ancient King in India. He had a son named Bhūridyumna. Once this son was lost in the great forest. Vīradyumna wandered everywhere in the forest in search of his son. On the way he met a hermit called Tanu. He talked elaborately to the King about the hopes of human mind. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapters 127 and 128). - [Previous: c9.4495](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4495) - [Next: c9.4497](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4497) - [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.c9.4496](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4496) · Pramāṇa