Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Ompatu 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 Ompatu
(Malayālam word for nine).
Nine grahas (nine planets).
Sun, Moon, Mars, Budha (Mercury), Guru (Jupiter), Śukra (Venus), Śani (Saturn), Rāhu and Ketu.
Nine Doṣa.
Gulika, Viṣṭi, Gaṇḍāntam, Viṣa, Uṣṇa, ekārgalam, Sarpaśiras, lāṭam and Vaidhṛtam.
Nine Karmasākṣin(s).
Sūrya, Candra, Yama, Kāla, Ākāśa, Vāyu, Agni, Jala and Bhūmi.
Nine Rivers.
Sarasvatī, Vaitaraṇī, Āpagā, Mandākinī, Madhusravā, Amlu, Kauśikī, Dṛṣadvatī and Hiraṇvatī.
Nine Dūtī (s).
Dūtī, Dāsī, Sakhī, Ceṭī, Dhātreyī, Prātiveśinī, Liṅginī, Śilpinī and Svastrī.
Nine treasures (nidhis).
Mahāpadma, Padma, Śaṅkha, Makara, Kacchapa, Mukunda, Kunda, Nīla and Kharva.
Nine Prajāpatis.
Bhṛgu, Marīci, Atri, Dakṣa, Kardama, Pulaha, Pulastya, Aṅgiras and Kratu.
Nine Yogins.
Kavi, Hari, Antarīkṣa. Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvihotra, Dramiḍa, Camasa and Karabhājana.
Nine Varṣa(s).
(Sub continents). Bhāratavarṣa, Kimpuruṣavarṣa. Harivarṣa, Ilāvṛtavarṣa, Ramyakavarṣa, Hiraṇmayavarṣa, Kuruvarṣa, Bhadrāśvavarṣa and Ketumālavarṣa.
Nine kinds of Rājās.
Sārvabhauma, Adhirāja. Narendra, Pārṣṇika, Paṭṭadhṛk, Maṇḍaleśvara, Bhaṭṭabhāk, Prahāraka and Śrotragrāhī.
Nine kinds of Angels.
Bhaktijvālaka, Jñānādhikya, Bhadrāsana, Nāthakṛtya, Tattvaka, Balavad, Samādhānamukhya and Mukhyadevadūta.