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मेरुदेवी (merudevI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मेरु—देवी
f.
N.
of a daughter of (wife of Nābhi and mother of Ṛṣabha, who was an incarnation of Viṣṇu),
BhP.
पुराणम्
English
मेरुदेवी / MERUDEVĪ. A daughter of mahāmeru. The nine daughters of mahāmeru are: merudevī, Pratirūpā, ugradaṁṣṭrī, latā, Ramyā, śyāmā, nārī, bhadrā and Devavīthī. They were married to Nābhi, kimpuruṣa, hari, ilāvṛta, ramyaka, hiraṇmaya, kuru, bhadrāśva and ketumāla respectively. All these nine Kings were born to a King agnīdhra of the nymph pūrvacitti. (Pañcama skandha, bhāgavata).