Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1860

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1860

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c7.1860

2) How Kāmadeva got the name "KANDARPA". As soon as Kāma was born, he went to Brahmā and asked him "Kaṃ darpayāmi?" (Whom should I make proud ?). Therefore he got the name "KANDARPA". (Kathāsaritsāgara).

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Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit