[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) › c5.604 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.604 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.604 - **Language:** English ### [c5.604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.604) GHRITĀCHĪ. An Apsaras or celestial nymph. She had many amours with great sages and mortal men. She was mother of ten sons by Raudrāswa or Kūsa-nābha, a descendant of Puru, and the Brahma Vaivartta Purāna attributes the origin of some of the mixed castes to her issue by the sage Viswa-karman. The Hari-vansa asserts that she had ten daughters as well as ten sons by Raudrāswa. Another legend represents her as mother by Kusa-nābha of a hundred daughters, whom Vāyu wished to accompany him to the sky. They refused, and in his rage he cursed them to become deformed; but they recovered their natural shape and beauty, and were married to Brahma-datta, king of Kāmpila. - [Previous: c5.603](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.603) - [Next: c5.605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.605) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Brahmavaivartapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmavaivarta) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.604) · Pramāṇa