Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3759

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3759

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c9.3759

VĀKA. The daughter of the giant Mālyavān. Viśravas married her. Three sons Triśiras, Dūṣaṇa and Vidyujjihva and a daughter Anupālikā were born to the couple (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 3: 8: 39-56; Vāyu Purāṇa, 70 34-50). But in mahā Bhārata, mention is made only about three wives of Viśravas, named Puṣpotkaṭā, Rākā and Mālinī

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Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit