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Markandeyapurana 50.25

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 50.25

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Sanskrit

50.25

khyātyādyā jagṛhuḥ kanyā munayo munisattamāḥ /
śraddhā kāmaṃ śrīśca darpaṃ niyamaṃ dhṛtirātmajam //

Besides them and younger were the eleven lovely-eyed daughters —Khyāti (Celebrity), and Satī (Truth), Sambhūti (Fitness), Smṛti (Memory), Prīti (Affection), and Kṣamā (Patience), and Sannati (Humility),[9] and Anasūyā (Sincerity), Ūrjā (Strength), Svāhā (the oblation to the gods), and Svadhā (the oblation to the pitṛs). The Ṛṣis Bhṛgu, Bhava[10] and Marīci, and the Muni Aṅgiras also, Pulastya and Pulaha, and Kratu,[11] Vasiṣṭha, and Atri, Vahni and the Pitṛs in order— these Munis, the most illustrious among Munis, took these daughters, Khyāti and the others, in marriage.[12]

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

Śraddhā gave birth to Kāma (Love); and Śrī[13] to Darpa (Pride); Dhṛti to Niyama (Restraint) her son; and Tuṣṭi also to Santoṣa (Contentment); Puṣṭi to Lobha (Covetousness); Medhā to Śruta (Revelation); Kriyā to Daṇḍa (Punishment), Naya (Prudence), and Vinaya (Decorum); Buddhi gave birth to Bodha (Wisdom); and Lajjā to Vinaya (Decorum); Vapus to Vyavasāya (Industry) her son; and Śānti gave birth to Kṣema (Ease); Siddhi to Sukha (Happiness); Kīrti to Taśas (Renown). These were the offspring of Dharma.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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