Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.952

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.952

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c8.952

MRGAS (DEER). All the animals originated from KaśyAPaprajāpati. KaśyAPaprajāpati, son of Marīci, married the eight daughters of Dakṣa named Tāmṛā etc. From Tāmṛā were born birds. Krodhavaśā gave birth to ten girls named Mrgi, Mrgamandā, Hari, Bhadramadā, Mātaṅgī, Śārdūlī, Śvetā, Surabhi, Surasā and Kadrū. Mrgas (deer) are the children of Mrgi. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Sarga 4).

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit