Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1227
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1227
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AVIKṢIT I. A famous King. The son of Karandhama and father of Marutta. He was honoured even by Bṛhaspati, having performed a hundred horse sacrifices. Mention is made in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa that Avikṣit had seven wives : Varā, Gauri, Subhadrā, Līlāvatī, Vibhā, Maṇgavatī, and Kumudvatī. Besides them Vaiśālinī the princess of Viśālā also was his wife. He had taken this Vaiśālinī from her Svayaṃvara dais (the bride herself selecting a husband from those who are present), defeating the Kings who were present there. Those defeated Kings, later, joined together and defeated Avikṣit and took him a prisoner. Finally Karandhama rescued him. His greatness is described as follows: