[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) › c9.4958 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4958 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4958 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4958](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4958) (xii) In Mahābhārata, the words, Asura, Asuraśreṣṭha, Asurendra, Daitya, Daityapati, Daityendra, Dānava, Dānavendra, Ditija, Surāri, Tvaṣṭār, Viśvātmā etc. are used as synonyms of Vṛtra. - [Previous: c9.4957](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4957) - [Next: c9.4959](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4959) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (3) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.65.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.16) — Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.4.58.4) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4958](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4958) · Pramāṇa