[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) › c9.3589 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3589 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3589 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3589) 8) \*Indra cursing Urvaśī.\* Once Agastya went to the durbar of Indra. On the occasion Indra asked Urvaśī to dance. In the midst of the dance she saw Jayanta, the son of Indra, and became amorous and her steps went wrong. Nārada who was playing his famous lute called Mahatī could not play well. Agastya got angry and cursed Jayanta to become a bud. He cursed Nārada also. So his lute became the lute of the world. Urvaśī was born on the earth under the name Mādhavī due to the curse. 9) \*Urvaśī changing Arjuna into eunuch.\* (See under Arjuna). 10) \*Other information.\* (i) It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10, Stanza 11, that Urvaśī had been in love with Kubera once. (ii) Urvaśī was dismayed when Śukadeva attained Supreme Bliss. (See under Śuka). - [Previous: c9.3588](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3588) - [Next: c9.3590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3590) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.10.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3589) · Pramāṇa