Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1001

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1001

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c9.1001

3) Prabhāvatī abducted. Prabhāvatī was the daughter of Vrajanābha, the King of Supuranagarī. Sāmba, with his brother Pradyumna entered the city Supura in the guise of drama-actors with a view to kidnap the beautiful daughter of Vrajanābha. They produced four performances such as ‘Rambhābhīsāra’ and three other dramas and earned the praise of everybody in Supura. In this way they got access to the palace of the King, and when the time suited, they took away Prabhāvatī to Dvārakā. (Harivaṃśa, 2 : 93).

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Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit