Arundhatī (wife of Dharma)
Arundhatī
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Arundhatī is one of the daughters of Daksha and a wife of Dharma. In the Brahma Purāṇa, Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis that Daksha gave ten of his daughters to Dharma, and Arundhatī is named first among them. All the offspring related to the earth were born of her.
The ten wives of Dharma
Daksha gave ten daughters to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Arishṭanemi, two to Bahuputra, two to Aṅgiras and two to Kṛśāśva. Dharma’s ten wives were Arundhatī, Vasu, Yāmi, Lambā, Bhānu, Marutvatī, Saṅkalpā, Muhūrtā, Sādhyā and Viśvā. Their offspring were these:
- of Viśvā, the Viśvedevas;
- of Sādhyā, the Sādhyas;
- of Marutvatī, the Marutvantas;
- of Vasu, the Vasus;
- of Bhānu, the Bhānus;
- of Muhūrtā, the Muhūrtas;
- of Lambā, Ghosha;
- of Yāmi, the daughter Nāgavīthī;
- of Arundhatī, all the offspring related to the earth;
- of Saṅkalpā, Saṅkalpa, the self of all.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3