Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3558

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3558

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ŪRJJASVATĪ. A daughter born to Priyavrata, the son of Manu Svāyambhuva, by Surūpā the daughter of Viśvakarmā. Ūrjjasvatī had ten brothers. (Devī Bhāgavata, Skandha 8). Priyavrata gave Ūrjjasvatī to the teacher-priest Śukra. Devayānī, the wife of Yayāti, was the daughter born to Śukra by Ūrjjasvatī. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 5).

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Devībhāgavatapurāṇa — Sanskrit
Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit