Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.448
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.448
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DEVAVITĪ. Daughter-in-law of king Agṇidhra. Pūrvacitti, the apsarā woman was the king's wife and they had nine sons called Nābhi, Kimpuruṣa, Hari, Ilāvṛta, Ramuka, Hiraṇjaya, Kuru, Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla, and these sons married the following daughters of Meru, viz. Medhavī, Pratirūpā, Ugradamṣṭrī, Latā, Ramyā, Syāmā, Nārī, Bhadrā and Devaviti. Thus Devaviti became the wife of Ketumāla. (Bhāgavata, Pañcama Skandha).