Abjaka

Abjaka

Abjaka is a name used for more than one being and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Abjaka (Vṛshākapi): the being born of water, also called Vṛshākapi, who rose from the Gautamī by the grace of Bhagavān Śiva, Bhagavān Vishṇu and the Gaṅgā, slew the daitya Mahāśani and became Indra‘s friend; the account is Indra, Mahāśani and the Birth of Abjaka. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 59

Places

• Abjakatīrtha: the tīrtha on the south bank of the Gautamī, also called Mārjāra, Hanūmanta and Vārshākapa, where Bhagavān Vishṇu dwells as Trivikrama. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 14, 58–59