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बर्हिष्मती (barhiSmatI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बर्हि॑ष्—मती (अती),
f.
N.
of a wife of Priya-vrata and daughter of Viśvakarman,
BhP.
N.
of a city in Brahmāvarta, ib.
पुराणम्
English
बर्हिष्मती / BARHIṢMATĪ. Wife of priyavrata, son of Svāyambhuva manu and brother of uttānapāda. She was the daughter of Viśvakarmaprajāpati. priyavrata married another daughter of his named surūpā. surūpā delivered ten sons and a daughter. They were: agnīdhra, idhmajihva, yajñabāhu, mahāvīra, rukmaśukra, ghṛtapṛṣṭha, savana, Madhātithi, vītihotra, kavi and a daughter ūrjjasvatī. priyavrata got of his wife barhiṣmatī three sons, uttama, Tamasa and raivata. These sons became in due course the Manvantarādhipatis. (Aṣṭama skandha, devī bhāgavata).