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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Madhavi (princess) (redirect from Madhavi (daughter of Yayati)
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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Devayani (section Wife of Yayati)
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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Somavamshi dynasty (section Yayati I)
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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