[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.2570 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2570 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2570 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2570](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2570) 3) A bird as his wife when he was King. When Brahmadatta was the King of Kāmpilyapura a bird named Tapanīyā become his friend. Her head was purple coloured and body black. By and by this bird became his wife. A daughter named Sarvasenā was born to Brahmadatta by his bird-wife. The King had sons by other wives. Tapanīyā would wash her child and place her in the cradle early in the morning and then go to the forest and fly about in the air. She would return in the evening and tell the King news all over the world. It went on like this for a long time. - [Previous: c4.2569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2569) - [Next: c4.2571](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2571) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2570](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2570) · Pramāṇa