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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.356

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.356

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c9.356

(ii) Vedavatīśāpa. While Vedavatī, the only daughter of sage Kuśadhvaja, was doing tapas to secure Śrī Mādhava as her husband. Rāvaṇa committed rape on her and she cursed him thus :—“You and your family will be ruined by Lord Nārāyaṇa on account of me.”