[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) › c9.3678 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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). - [Previous: c9.3677](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3677) - [Next: c9.3679](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3679) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.116) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3678) · Pramāṇa