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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.750

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.750

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### [c5.750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.750)

DHĀTĀ II. It is seen in Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 1, Chapter 10, that two sons named Dhātā and Vidhātā and a daughter Lakṣmī were born to Bhṛgu, the son of Brahmā, by his wife Khyāti. Of them Dhātā and Vidhātā married Āyati and Niyati, the daughters of Meru. Lakṣmī became the wife of Mahāviṣṇu.

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## Cites (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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