[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) › c9.578 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.578 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.578 - **Language:** English ### [c9.578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.578) With ten faces :- This is the figure of the real Janārdana. If one wears this, the devils, wicked planets, Ghosts, goblins, spirits haunting funeral places, Brahmarākṣasas (a kind of demon) etc. will not come near him. Moreover, snake-bite would not affect him. - [Previous: c9.577](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.577) - [Next: c9.579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.579) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.578) · Pramāṇa