[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) › c9.4709 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4709 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4709 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4709](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4709) VIŚVAJIT IV. An asura. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 227, Stanza 53, that in days of yore, this asura had been ruling over the world and that because of his fate he had to leave this world. - [Previous: c9.4708](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4708) - [Next: c9.4710](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4710) - [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.c9.4709](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4709) · Pramāṇa