[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) › c9.4911 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4911 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4911 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4911](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4911) VRṢĀṆḌA. An asura. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 227, Stanza 53, that this asura had once ruled over the earth and that because of the attacks of Kāla, he had to leave the earth. - [Previous: c9.4910](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4910) - [Next: c9.4912](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4912) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.12.227) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4911](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4911) · Pramāṇa