Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1126
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1126
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Hearing this Huṇḍa smiled and said: "That righteous man named Nahuṣa is yet to be born in the Lunar dynasty. You will be much older than he. He will not suit you as he will be too young. So don't waste your blooming youth. Come and enjoy life with me." But Aśokasundarī did not concede. Huṇḍa was disappointed. So he began to think about ways to get her. He disappeared from there and reappeared in the guise of a beautiful woman and told Aśokasundarī thus:—“Lady, I have taken a fast. Huṇḍa has killed my husband. I am doing penance to curse him. You may come to my hermitage on the banks of the Gaṅgā”.