Devavata

By Jit Majumdar

1. godlike; godly
2. another name for the 12th Manu Rudrasāvarņī; another name for the Yādava chief Akrūra (Hv. Pur.) (fem: devavatī): wife of the rākşasa Sukeśa and the mother of rākşasa chiefs Mālyavān, Sumāli and Māli (V. Rām.); the daughterof the daitya Mandarmāli (V. Rām.).

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