[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 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature (Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature) Some 9,000 entries on characters, places, objects and stories of the epics and Purāṇas, retelling them with references to the texts. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Vettam Mani](https://indike.org/pramana/person/mani-v) - **Extent:** 16,688 passages, 922,631 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · English ed., Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 1975 (Malayalam original 1964); scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1… · In copyright (Vettam Mani †1987); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c1) — 3 parts - [c2 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c2) — 9 parts - [c3 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c3) — 8 parts - [c4 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) — 3,204 parts - [c5 D](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) — 1,410 parts - [c6 F](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c6) — 1 part - [c7 G](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) — 3,356 parts - [c8 M](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) — 2,873 parts - [c9 R](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) — 5,281 parts - [c10 Genealogy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c10) — 438 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) · Pramāṇa