[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) › c9.577 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.577 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.577 - **Language:** English ### [c9.577](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.577) With nine faces:- This rudrākṣa is the figure of Bhairava. This should be worn on the left hand. By doing so one would become as mighty as god and would become devoted to god and would attain salvation. The sins incurred by killing the child in the womb a thousand times and killing Brahmins a hundred times would be got rid of by wearing this rudrākṣa. - [Previous: c9.576](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.576) - [Next: c9.578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.578) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.577](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.577) · Pramāṇa