Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1651
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1651
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KĀKṢĪVATASUTĀ. A female sage named Ghoṣā who was the daughter of the sage Kākṣīvān. As she was suffering from the disease of leprosy, no one was prepared to marry her. She composed a mantra in praise of the Aśvinidevas. They cured her of her disease. After that she got married. Besides Ghoṣā, Kākṣīvān had another daughter named Bhadrā. (See under Bhadrā).