Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1450.1

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(iv) Narmadā is the origin of Agni (fire). (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 222, Stanza 21). (v) A king named Duryodhana, who ruled over the city called Māhiṣmatī on the banks of the Narmadā once married Devī Narmadā. A daughter named Sudarśanā was born to them. She was extremely beautiful. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 2, Stanza 18). (vi) He who observes fast for two weeks bathing in the waters of Narmadā will be born as a prince in the next birth. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 50). (vii) Once Narmadā took Purukutsa, the son of Māndhātā, as her husband. (M.B. Āśramavāsika Parva, Chapter 20, Stanza 12). For the importance of Narmadā, see under Pramohinī). NARMADĀ II. See under Puṣpotkaṭā. NARMADĀ III. Wife of Purukutsa, the son of Māndhātā. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). NARYA. A King of the age of Ṛgveda. It is mentioned in Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala I, Anuvāka 10, Sūkta 54, that Devendra had rescued the kings Narya, Turvasu and Yadu. NĀSATYA. One of the Aśvinikumāras. (Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 208, Verse 17). NAŚĪKA. The grandson of Lomapāda. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 9). NĀṬAKEYA. A particular region in ancient India. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 38). NĀṬOṬINĀṬAKA. A kind of dramatic performance in ancient Kerala. (See Tirayāṭṭam). NĀṬOṬIPPĀṬṬU. (FOLK-SONGS). Every literature has a section known as nāṭoṭippāṭṭus (folk songs). In Kerala (Malayālam) literature the period of folk songs was a golden era.