[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) › c9.4511 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4511 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4511 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4511](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4511) VIRAṆA. A Prajāpati. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 348, Stanza 41, that this Prajāpati learned the philosophy of purity and righteousness from Sanatkumāra and taught the hermit Raibhya what he had learned. - [Previous: c9.4510](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4510) - [Next: c9.4512](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4512) - [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.c9.4511](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4511) · Pramāṇa