[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) › c9.546 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.546 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.546 - **Language:** English ### [c9.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.546) Those who perform yāgas like Agnisandhāna, Agniṣṭoma, Pākayaña etc. are called Ṛtviks. (Manusmṛti, Chapter 2, Verse 143). - [Previous: c9.545](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.545) - [Next: c9.547](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.547) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.143) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.546](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.546) · Pramāṇa