Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2582

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2582

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c7.2582

KRAUÑCĪ. A daughter born to Kaśyapa-prajāpati by his wife Tāmrā the daughter of Dakṣa. Five daughters, Krauñcī, Bhāsī, Śyenī, Dhṛtarāṣṭrī and Śukī were born of Tāmrā. From Krauñcī, were born the owls, the Bhāsas from Bhāsī, the hawks and vultures from Śyenī, the swans and ruddy geese from Dhṛtarāṣṭrī and Narā, the mother of Vinatā from Śukī. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Sarga 14).

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit