Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4856

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4856

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VRDDHIKĀ. A kind of goblin. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 231, Stanza 16, that once the semen of Śiva fell scattered over the trees and that these goblins were born from that. Human flesh is the food of these goblins. It is said those who want children need only worship these Vṛddhikās.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit