[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2247 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2247 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2247 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2247) PIṄGALĀ II. A prostitute of the country of Avanti. Piṅgalā was born as the daughter of King Candrāṅgada in her next birth because of the virtuous act she did in doing service to the sage Ṛṣabha. The King named the girl Kirtimālinī and Bhadrāyu married her. (See under Bhadrāyu). - [Previous: c8.2246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2246) - [Next: c8.2248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2248) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2247) · Pramāṇa