Rāmāyaṇacampū 1.53_12

1.53_12

Then Kauśika, setting out toward Mithilā, spoke thus to the descendant of Kakutstha:
“Long ago indeed, a royal sage named Kuśa, sprung from the one whose seat is the lotus [Brahmā], had four sons led by Kuśāmba, who were the founders of the cities named Kauśāmbī, Mahodaya, Dharmāraṇya, and Girivraja.
Kuśanābha, for his part, begot a hundred daughters upon Ghṛtācī.
The Wind, desiring these maidens who were in the bloom of youth, was rejected; overcome with anger at their refusal, he caused deformity in their limbs.