[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) › c9.4555 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4555 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4555 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4555](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4555) VIŚĀLA. A son of Ikṣvāku. Mention is made in Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa, Sarga 47, that a son named Viśāla was born to Ikṣvāku, by the celestial maid Alambuṣā and that Viśāla built a city named Viśālā. This Viśāla had a son named Hemacandra. It was near the city Viśālā, that Ahalya, the wife of Gautama, stood as stone, because of a curse. (See under Viśālapurī). - [Previous: c9.4554](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4554) - [Next: c9.4556](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4556) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.1.47) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4555](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4555) · Pramāṇa