[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) › c9.5127 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5127 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5127 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5127) Janaka was highly pleased. He decided to give a thousand bulls to the sage. But Yājñavalkya said that his father's principle was to give effective knowledge to the pupil and not to receive any dakṣiṇā (Payment) from him. Janaka again wanted Yājñavalkya to explain clearly what "Brahma Vidyā" means. - [Previous: c9.5126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5126) - [Next: c9.5128.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5128.1) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5127) · Pramāṇa