Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1845

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1845

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c7.1845

Although Madayantī, queen of Mitrasaha was there, the King was not able to touch her owing to the Brāhmaṇi’s curse. So he requested Vasiṣṭha to beget children by her. Accordingly Madayantī became pregnant by Vasiṣṭha. But she did not deliver the child even after twelve years. At last she hit the embryo in her womb with a stone and the child was born. Since he was born with the help of a stone (Aśman), the child was named "Aśmaka". (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 167).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit