Kalāvatī

Kalāvatī, “she who has the arts”

Kalāvatī is a name used for more than one woman in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Devatās

• Kalāvatī, Sister of Menā: one of three divine sisters whom Sanatkumāra cursed to be born as human women; she became the mother of Rādhā. Śiva Purāṇa, Rudra Saṃhitā, Pārvatī Khaṇḍa, Chapter 12

People

• Kalāvatī, Wife of Svaroci: the daughter of the brahmarshi Pāru and the apsarā Puñjikasthalā, raised by a gandharva, who became a wife of Svaroci.