[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) › c9.4700 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4700 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4700 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4700](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4700) VIŚVĀC. An asura. Mention is made in Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 17, Sūkta 117, that the race of this Asura was destroyed by the Aśvinidevas. - [Previous: c9.4699](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4699) - [Next: c9.4701](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4701) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4700](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4700) · Pramāṇa