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    Yayati (Sanskrit: ययाति, romanized: Yayāti) is an Abhira king in Hindu tradition. He is described to be a Chandravamsha king. He is regarded to be the...
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  • Yayati is a 1959 Marathi-language historical novel by Indian writer V. S. Khandekar. One of Khandekar's best-known works, it retells the story of the historical...
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    story appears in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. She was the daughter of King Yayati. Madhavi's primary appearance is in the legend of Galava, a disciple of...
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    the asuras, and his wife Jayanti, the daughter of Indra. She marries King Yayati, and gives birth to two sons — Yadu and Turvasu. Kacha is described to be...
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  • of Yayati"). It is not clear when the Somavamshis gained control over most of Odisha, but this may have happened by the time of Yayati I. Yayati I seems...
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  • romanized: Pūru) is a legendary king in Hinduism. He is the youngest son of King Yayati and Sharmishtha, and one of ancestors of the Pandavas and the Kauravas....
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  • infirmity. When Yayati begged him to temper the curse, the sage consented, allowing him to exchange its consequences with one of his sons. Yayati asked each...
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  • daughter of the daitya king Vrishaparvan. She becomes the second wife of Yayati, due to which she becomes an ancestor of the Pandavas and the Kauravas....
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  • Yayati. According to the Padma Purana, Nahusha married Ashokasundari, the daughter of Shiva and Parvati; she is said to have given birth to Yayati and...
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    Kalipuranam, his first work, was published, and continued to 1974 when his novel Yayati was published. In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in...
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