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Puranic encyclopaedia

by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222

This page describes the Story of Prasena included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana�).

Story of Prasena

A King of ṛṣṇiṃśa.

Genealogy.

Descending in order from վṣṇ AtriCandraBudhaʳܰūĀܲṣa۲پYaduSahasrajitŚٲᾱHehaya -DharmaKuntiBhadrasenaDhanakaṛtīⲹٲīܲԲMadhuṛṣṇi۳ܻᾱAnamitraSnigdha (Nimna)�Prasena. Snigdha had two sons, Prasena and Satrājit.

Prasena and the Syamantaka.

Satrājit and ūⲹ (Sun) were friends. Once Satrājit requested ūⲹ to give him some gift as a token of their friendship. Then ūⲹ gave him the Syamantaka gem. If that stone was worshipped daily with ū by 󳾲ṇa it would yield eight loads of gold daily. When once Satrājit travelled by air with that gem round his neck the people of ٱ mistook him for վṣṇ. Śrī ṛṣṇa was attracted by the beauty and power of that stone and he asked Satrājit that gem for a good price. Śrī ṛṣṇa offered as much money as he wanted and still Satrājit did not part with it.

Once Prasena went hunting with that gem round his neck and he was attacked and killed by a lion. The lion while carrying the Syamantaka was killed by and the latter carried the gem to his den and gave it to his children to play with.

When Prasena did not return from his hunting and was found later lying dead without the gem the news spread that the stone might have been stolen by ṛṣṇa after killing Prasena. The slander reached the ears of ṛṣṇa also and he went to the forest in search of the Syamantaka. He found the cave of 峾 and on peeping in found the children of 峾 playing with the gem. 峾 attacked ṛṣṇa and after a grim battle which lasted for several days 峾 was defeated. When he knew that it was ṛṣṇa who had defeated him he gave him along with the Syamantaka his daughter 峾ī also ṛṣṇa brought the gem and the girl to ٱ and gave back the gem to Satrājit. (Chapter 38, Ჹṃśa; Chapter 13, Part 8, Padma Purāṇa).

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