[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) › c9.84 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.84 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.84 - **Language:** English ### [c9.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.84) RĀKĀ I. The presiding Devī of the full moon. She too was present at the birth of Subrahmaṇya. (Śalya Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 14). Rākādevī was the daughter of Aṅgiras, who had by his wife Smṛti four daughters called Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumati. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 1). - [Previous: c9.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.83) - [Next: c9.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.85) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.84) · Pramāṇa