[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) › c9.754 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.754 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.754 - **Language:** English ### [c9.754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.754) SAHASRACITYA. Grandfather of King Śatayūpa. Sahasracitya was King of Kekaya. A very righteous person, he abdicated the throne in favour of his elder brother’s and performed tapas in the forest. He gave up his body for a brahmin and attained heaven. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 127, Verse 20; Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 20, Verse 6). - [Previous: c9.753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.753) - [Next: c9.755](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.755) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.754) · Pramāṇa