Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3199

c9.3199

There is a story about the birth of Tilottamā. Two demons named Sunda and Upasunda obtained invincible powers by doing penance. To make these two brothers quarrel with each other, by directions from Brahmā, Viśvakarmā created Tilottamā. Viśvakarmā collected from all inanimate and animate objects parts of objects beautiful to look at and created the enchanting Tilottamā. Tilottamā was then made to come to the world through the womb of Kaśyapa's wife. Because she was made by the tilāṃśa (small particle) of all the best (uttama) articles of the world she got the name of Tilottamā. (Chapter 215, Ādi Parva).