Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4713

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4713

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2) Children. Though mention is made about many children of Viśvakarmā in various Purāṇas, five sons and four daughters are mostly spoken of. When Mahāviṣṇu took the incarnation of Śrī Rāma for a stipulated purpose, the devas took birth as monkeys in forests, to help Mahāviṣṇu. Mention is made in Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Sarga 18, that Nala a very big monkey was begotten by Viśvakarmā.

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit