Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1831
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1831
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ŚIKHIDHVAJA. A king, who ruled over Mālava during the first Dvāparayuga in the seventh Manvantara. Cūḍālā, daughter of the king of Saurāṣṭra was Śikhidhvaja's wife. The Jñānavāsiṣṭham contains a story about how the royal couple renounced all attachments in life as the result of intense tapas.