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Puranic encyclopaedia

by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222

This page describes the Story of Mandodari included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana�).

Story of Ѳṇḍǻ岹ī

(ѴٰٴĪ). (In South India the name Ѳṇḍǻ岹ī is current). Wife of 屹ṇa. The Uttara 峾ⲹṇa contains a story about the previous history of Mandodarī.

Maya, an asura, was born to Kaśyapaprajāpati of his wife Danu. Once Maya went to Devaloka to see the dances of the celestial maidens there. Devas came to know that Maya was in love with the nymph and they married her to Maya. Maya went to the southern vallcy of and lived there with constructing there a city called Hemapura. They got two sons 屹ī and Dundubhi. But they grieved over the lack of a daughter and she went to a side of ᾱ and started penance there to get the blessings of Ś.

Once a celestial damsel named Ѳܰ after observing Somavāravrata went to to pay obeisance to Ś. ī was absent from the place then, having gone to attend the birthday celebrations of one of her sons. So Ѳܰ met Ś sitting lonely and this led to a clandestine sexual union between them. When ī returned she saw traces of the ashes from the body of Ś on the naked breast of Ѳܰ and ī in her anger cursed Ѳܰ to live in a well for twelve years as a frog. Ś was stupefied at the curse and he went to the well and consoled her by saying that she would after the twelve years of life as a frog become a very beautiful maiden and would be married by a man of great fame and valour. It was near this well that Maya and his wife were performing penance to get a daughter.

After twelve years the frog changed itself into a beautiful maiden and cried loudly from the well. Hearing the cry Maya and , who were nearby peeped into the well and seeing the young girl took her home and brought her up giving her the name Mandodarī. 屹ṇa returning after his victory march by that way visited Maya and seeing the girl fell in love with her and married her according to Vedic rites and took her to ṅk. 屹ṇa got three sons of her, ѱ𲵳󲹲岹, پⲹ and Akṣakumāra.

Mandodarī was a very beautiful woman. Ჹū when he entered the bed-room of 屹ṇa in search of ī was dumb-founded at the beauty of Mandodarī and mistook her for a second for ī. (ī쾱 峾ⲹṇa).

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