Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2733

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2733

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c8.2733

This Puṇjikasthalā belongs to the famous set of eleven devakanyakās. They are : Menakā, Sahajanyā, Karṇikā, Puṇjikasthalā, Ṛtusthalā, Ghṛtācī, Pūrvacitti, Ullocā, Pramlocā, Urvaśī and Viśvācī. These were the celebrated courtezans of Svarga. (Chapter 123, Ādi Parva).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit