[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) › c9.786 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.786 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.786 - **Language:** English ### [c9.786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.786) ŚAILŪṢA. A Gandharva. A class of Gandharvas is also known as "Śailūṣas". Some references found in the Purāṇas concerning Śailūṣas are given below :— (i) Śrī Rāma sent Bharata and completely destroyed the class of Gandharvas called Śailūṣas who were causing trouble on the shore of the eastern ocean. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Uttara Kāṇḍa). (ii) During the reign of Śrī Rāma, as ordered by him, Bharata killed with his shower of arrows, the wicked Gandharva named Śailūṣa and his three crores of sons who lived on the banks of the river Sindhu. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 11). (iii) Rāvaṇa's brother, Vibhīṣaṇa had married Saramā the daughter of a Śailūṣa Gandharva. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). (iv) The Gandharva named Śailūṣa serves Kubera and remains in Kubera's assembly. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10, Verse 26). - [Previous: c9.785](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.785) - [Next: c9.787](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.787) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (3) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.786](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.786) · Pramāṇa