[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.552 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.552 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.552 - **Language:** English ### [c5.552](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.552) EKA-PARNĀ, EKA-PĀTALĀ. These, with their sister Aparnā, were, according to the Hari-vansa, daughters of Himavat and Menā. They performed austerities surpassing the powers of gods and Dānavas, and alarmed both worlds. Eka-parnā took only one leaf for food, and Eka-pātalā only one pātalā (Bignonia). Aparnā took no sustenance at all and lived a-parna, ‘without a leaf.’ Her mother being distressed at her abstinence, exclaimed in her anxiety, “U-mā”—“O don’t.” Through this she became manifest as the lovely goddess Umā, the wife of Siva. - [Previous: c5.551](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.551) - [Next: c5.553](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.553) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.552](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.552) · Pramāṇa