Piṅgalā
Piṅgalā, “tawny”
Piṅgalā 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.
People
- Piṅgalā: a courtesan who gave up hope in men in one night, turned inward, and became one of the twenty-four gurus of Dattātreya. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 11th Skanda, Chapter 8; Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Mokshadharma Parva, Chapters 174, 178
- Piṅgalā of Ayodhyā: a veśyā of Ayodhyā who came to Bhagavān Rāma at night, was refused, and was born as the hunchback Kubjā in Mathurā. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Vilāsa Khaṇḍa, Chapter 8; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, on Kubja’s earlier birth as Śūrpaṇakhā; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, on Piṅgalā of Videha, one of the twenty-four gurus of Dattātreya