Dŗşadvata

By Jit Majumdar

Sometimes transliterated as: Drsadvata, DRsadvata, Drrishadvata

1. like stone or rock
2. hard; firm; resolute
3. the father of Vārańgī (M. Bh.) (fem: dŗşadvatī):
4. a river flowing into the ancient, extinct river Sārasvatī (Ŗ. Veda); the wife of Viśvāmitra and mother of Aşţaka (Hv. Pur.); the wife of Divodāsa (Hv. Pur.); the mother of Prasenjit (Hv. Pur.); the wife of Nŗpa and mother of Śibi Auśinara (Hv. Pur.); andother name for Durgā.

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