[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) › c7.1629 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1629 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1629 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1629](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1629) KAIKEYĪ III. Sudeṣṇā, the wife of the King of Virāṭa was known by the name Kaikeyī also. She was the daughter of Kekaya, the King of Sūta, born of his wife Mālavī. As she was the daughter of Kekaya, she got the name Kaikeyī. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 16). Besides, it is stated in the Purāṇas that all the princesses of the kingdom of Kekaya were called by the name Kaikeyī. - [Previous: c7.1628](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1628) - [Next: c7.1630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1630) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1629](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1629) · Pramāṇa