[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) › c9.59 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.59 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.59 - **Language:** English ### [c9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.59) RĀJA (S). One of the seven sons of Vasiṣṭha by Ūrjā, the other six being Gotra, Ūrdhvabāhu, Savana, Anagha, Sutapas, and Śukra. Holy souls, these seven were Saptarṣis in the third Manvantara. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 10). - [Previous: c9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.58) - [Next: c9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.60) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.59) · Pramāṇa