[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) › c9.4710 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4710 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4710 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4710](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4710) VIŚVAKA. A hermit of the period of Ṛgveda. Once Viṣṇapū the son of this hermit was lost. The father praised the Aśvinidevas, who showed him his son as one shows a lost cow. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Anuvāka 8, Sūkta 116). - [Previous: c9.4709](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4709) - [Next: c9.4711](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4711) - [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.c9.4710](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4710) · Pramāṇa