Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2845

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2845

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c8.2845

PUṢPADANTĪ. A relative of a Gandharva named Citrasena. Puṣpadantī was once dancing in the court of Indra with Mālyavān and other Gandharvas. Puṣpadantī faltered in her steps as she was admiring the beauty of Mālyavān and Indra cursed them both and turned them into devils. They then observed the Ekādaśī (eleventh day of every lunar fortnight) called ‘Jayā’ and got themselves released from the curse. (Chapter 43, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa).

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Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit