Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3678

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3678

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c9.3678

VADHRIMATĪ. A princess, praised in Ṛgveda. This beautiful princess got a hermaphrodite as her husband. She shed a good deal of tears and prayed to the Aśvins (Charioteers of Indra, celebrated as Gods of light and helpers) in consequence of which she got a son named Hiraṇyahasta. (Ṛgveda, Maṇḍala 1, Sūkta 116).

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Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit