[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) › c9.99 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.99 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.99 - **Language:** English ### [c9.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.99) RAKTA. A son of Mahiṣāsura. He had two sons called Bala and Atibala. He had also a number of mighty army generals like Dhūmrākṣa and thousand akṣauhiṇīs under each general. (Skanda Purāṇa, 7.1.119). - [Previous: c9.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.98) - [Next: c9.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.100) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.99) · Pramāṇa