Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2374

c7.2374

Giant Heti, the son of Brahmā married Bhayā and Vidyutkeśa was born to the couple. Sukeśa was born to Vidyutkeśa by his wife Sālakaṭaṅkā. Three sons Mālyavān, Sumālī and Mālī were born to Sukeśa by his wife Daivavatī. Sundarī, Ketumatī and Vasudhā the three beautiful sisters mentioned above, were married by the giants Mālyavān, Sumālī and Mālī respectively. Thus Ketumatī became the wife of Sumālī. To Sumālī and Ketumatī were born ten sons, Prahasta, Akampana, Vikaṭa, Kālākamukha, Dhūmrākṣa, Daṇḍa, Supārśva, Saṃhrāda, and Bhāsakarṇa and four daughters Vekā, Puṣpotkaṭā, Kaikasī and Kumbhīnasī. Most of the sons were ministers of Rāvaṇa. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa).