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The Purana Index v1.c5.s2.290

The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s2.290

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v1.c5.s2.290

Ilā (V)—the daughter of Vaivasvata Manu, born of sacrificial ritual in his Aśvamedha. Seeing her father displeased at her birth, Vasiṣṭha converted her to a male by name Sudyumna. See Iḍā; again by Śiva’s curse he became a woman on whom Budha begot Purūravas; after that she became again Sudyumna. Bhā. IX. 1. 16, 22; Br. III. 60. 6; Vi. IV. 1. 9-13; 6. 34.