[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) › c9.723 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.723 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.723 - **Language:** English ### [c9.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.723) SĀGARA. Ocean. Samudra (ocean) got the name Sagara as it was formed later at the place where the 60,000 sons of King Sagara dug the earth in the course of their quest for the missing yājñic horse. (See under Sagara). - [Previous: c9.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.722) - [Next: c9.724](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.724) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.723) · Pramāṇa