Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1889
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1889
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6) Theft of Kāmadhenu by Satyavrata (Triśaṅku). Satyavrata (Triśaṅku) was the son of Aruṇa, a King of the Ikṣvāku dynasty. He was a vicious and immoral fellow. Once he abducted a Brāhmaṇa girl just at the time of her marriage in her bridal dress. Enraged at this his father drove him away from his palace. Satyavrata wandered about aimlessly in the country and in the forests.