Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2939

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2939

Language: English

c7.2939

KUKARDAMA. A wicked monarch of Piṇḍārakadeśa. He had to be born in Pretayoni (womb of a ghostess) due to his many sins, and once he came to the āśrama of Kahoḍa, and the sage recognised him as his former disciple and absolved him from his ghosthood. (Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 139).

Previous: c7.2938
Next: c7.2940
Up: c7

Cites (1)

Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit