Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.849

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.849

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c8.849

MENĀ II. Daughter of the Pitṛs (Manes). Pitṛs are of two kinds: Anagnis and Sāgnis. Anagnis are those who do not perform yāgas and those who perform yāgas are called Sāgnis. Anagnis are called Agniṣvāttas and Sāgnis are called Barhiṣadas. Svadha was the common wife of all the Pitṛs. Svadha got two daughters, Menā and Dhāriṇī. They were both well-learned, virtuous girls and were Brahmavādinis (expounders of Vedānta philosophy). (Chapter 10, Aṃśa 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa).

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Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit