[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) › c9.4702 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4702 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4702 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4702](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4702) VIŚVADAMṢṬRA. An asura. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 227, Stanza 52, that this asura also had been a ruler of this world. - [Previous: c9.4701](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4701) - [Next: c9.4703](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4703) - [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.c9.4702](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4702) · Pramāṇa