Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.831

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DHRṬI I. A daughter of Prajāpati Dakṣa. She was one of the wives of Dharmadeva. Mādrī, the mother of Nakula and Sahadeva, was the rebirth of Dhṛti. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67). Dhṛti had given birth to Niyama when she was the wife of Dharmadeva, who had married Śraddhā, Lakṣmī, Dhṛti, Tuṣṭi, Medhā, Puṣṭi, Kriyā, Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Siddhi and Kīrti, thirteen of the daughters of Dakṣa. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṃśa 1, Chapter 7).