Devamitra
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Jit Majumdar
- friend of the gods
- close to the gods
- the father of Vişņumitra (M. Bh.); (fem: devamitrā): a mother in Skanda’s retinue (M. Bh.).
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