[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.2422 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2422 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2422 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2422) SUDARŚANA XI. A wife of God Fire. This Sudarśanā was the daughter of Duryodhana, the son of Durjaya of the Ikṣvāku dynasty. It is said that so beautiful a woman as Sudarśanā had never been born. The God Fire was once fascinated by the beauty of Sudarśanā who had been instructed to serve him, and wished to accept her as his wife. So he informed her of his desire. Being of a noble race, she said that a virgin ought to be given away by her parents. The God Fire approached the father of Sudarśanā and informed him of every thing. When he knew that the person who made the request was the God Fire, the king gave his daughter Sudarśanā as wife to the God. (Duryodhana had another name Nila). In the Purāṇas there is another statement also that Nila was the ruler of Māhiṣmati. (See under Duryodhana II and Agni Para 8). - [Previous: c9.2421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2421) - [Next: c9.2423](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2423) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2422) · Pramāṇa