[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) › c9.5275 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5275 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5275 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5275) (i) Yuvanāśva performed many Yāgas. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 126, Verse 5). (ii) Once he drank water which had been subjected to special mantras (incantations) and as a result he became pregnant. Māndhātā was born by cutting open his belly. (For more details see under Māndhātā). (iii) Yuvanāśva once received a wonderful sword from King Raivata. He presented that sword to King Raghu. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 166, Verse 78). (iv) In Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 115, Verse 61, it is stated that he had received "Parāvaratattva" (ability to know the highest and the lowest) because he had renounced meat-eating. - [Previous: c9.5274](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5274) - [Next: c9.5276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5276) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5275) · Pramāṇa