Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2861
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2861
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1) Genealogy. From Brahmā were born two demons Heti and Praheti. Heti married Bhayā, daughter of Kāla and to them was born a son named Vidyutkeśa. Vidyutkeśa married Sālakaṭaṅkā daughter of Sandhyā and to them was born a son named Sukeśa. They abandoned the child in a forest and went away. Śiva took care of the child Sukeśa who married Daivavatī daughter of the Gandharva called Maṇimaya and she delivered three sons named Mālyavān, Sumālī and Mālī and all the three started living in the crystal palace built at Laṅkā by Viśvakarmā.