[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) › c9.4659 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4659 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4659 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4659](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4659) VIṢṆUDĀSA. A Vaiṣṇavite devotee who lived in ancient days. The story of this devotee who defeated his king Cola in devotion to Viṣṇu, is given in Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 110. The story is as follows. In days of old there was a king named Cola in Kāñcīpura. It was because of his reign that the country got the name Cola. He had performed several sacrifices. On the banks of the river Tāmraparṇi, stood his golden Yūpas (pegs on which sacrificial animals were tied) that the place looked like Caitraratha. - [Previous: c9.4658](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4658) - [Next: c9.4660](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4660) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.110) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4659](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4659) · Pramāṇa