Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2275

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2275

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KĀVYAMĀTĀ. Mother of Śukra, the preceptor of the Daityas.¹ Kāvyamātā possessed extraordinary powers of penance. In the Devī Bhāgavata the following story is given; how she cursed Viṣṇu and how she made Viṣṇu and Indra powerless.

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Devībhāgavatapurāṇa — Sanskrit