[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) › c9.4537 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4537 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4537 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4537](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4537) VIRŪPĀKṢA I. One of the elephants which hold up the earth from Pātāla (underworld). It is said that earthquake occurs when this elephant shakes its head. (For details see under Aṣṭadiggajas). - [Previous: c9.4536](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4536) - [Next: c9.4538](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4538) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4537](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4537) · Pramāṇa