Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.348
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.348
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2) Birth. Viśravas, grandson of Brahmā and son of Pulastya married Kaikasī, daughter of Sumālī. While Viśravas and Kaikasī were living in the forest Śleṣmātaka, Kaikasī became pregnant. She delivered four children in four Yāmas, with an interval of one yāma between them. The elder three were the famous Rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa; the fourth one, a girl, was named Śūrpaṇakhā. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakāṇḍa).