[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) › c9.789.1 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.789.1 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.789.1 - **Language:** English ### [c9.789.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.789.1) ŚAINDHAVA II. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 25, that the inhabitants of the kingdom of Sindhu were called Saindhavas. ŚAINDHAVĀRAṆYA. An ancient holy place of pilgrimage in Bhārata. This holy place is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 89, Verse 15). ŚAINDHAVAYĀṆA. One of Viśvāmitra’s sons, who were expounders of Vedas. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 51). ŚAIṄYANIRYĀṆA PARVA. A sub-section of Udyoga Parva in Mahābhārata. This subsection comprises Chapters 151 to 159 of Udyoga Parva. ŚAIRANDHRĪ. The pseudonym assumed by Pāñcālī, when the Pāṇḍavas lived incognito in the palace of King Virāṭa. (See under Pāñcālī). ŚAIRĪṢAKA. A region in India, celebrated in the Purāṇas. Nakula, in the course of his triumphal march in the western regions, conquered this land also. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 32, Verse 6). ŚAIŚAVA. A land famous in the Purāṇas. The Kṣatriya Kings of this country brought presents for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52, Verse 18). ŚAIŚIRĀYAṆA. A maharṣi. The famous Kālayavana was his son, born to him by his wife Gopālī. Śaiśirāyaṇa was the priest of King Trigarta. Once the king ordered the sage to have sexual union with his wife Vṛkādevī to test his virility. (Harivaṃśa, I; 35; 12). ŚAIŚIREYA. An ācārya who was the disciple of Śakalya. "Śaiśiriya Saṃhitā", a work produced by him is considered to be an authoritative treatise on the Śakalya branch of knowledge. ŚAIŚIRINDHRA. - [Previous: c9.788](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.788) - [Next: c9.789.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.789.2) - [Up: c9.789](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.789) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.789.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.789.1) · Pramāṇa