Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.877

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.877

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c8.877

MERUDEVĪ. A daughter of Mahāmeru. The nine daughters of Mahāmeru are : Merudevī, Pratirūpā, Ugradamṣṭrī, Latā, Ramyā, Śyāmā, Nārī, Bhadrā and Devavithī. They were married to Nābhi, Kimpuruṣa, Hari, Ilāvṛta, Ramyaka, Hiraṇmaya, Kuru, Bhadrāśva and Ketumāla respectively. All these nine Kings were born to a King Agnidhra of the nymph Pūrvacitti. (Pañcama Skandha, Bhāgavata).

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit