[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) › c9.5142 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5142 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5142 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5142) YAKṢAVĀṬA. A place made famous in the Purāṇas. In Devī Bhāgavata, 5th Skandha, there is a statement saying that it was at this place that the Dānava called Rambha took a she-buffalo as his wife. - [Previous: c9.5141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5141) - [Next: c9.5143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5143) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5142) · Pramāṇa