Mālāvatī
Mālāvatī
Mālāvatī 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
- Mālavatī: Mālavatī, the eldest daughter of the gandharva Citraratha and devoted wife of the gandharva Upabarhaṇa, whom she brought back to life with a stotra. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapters 13–20, 24, 30
- Mālāvatī (Mother of Vedavatī): the wife of King Kuśadhvaja and mother of Vedavatī, a daughter born of a portion of Lakshmī Devī. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 14
- Mālāvatī (Wife of Bhanandana): the wife of King Bhanandana of Kānyakubja, who nursed and raised Kalāvatī, the mother of Śrī Rādhā. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 17
- Mālāvatī (Sakhī of Rādhā): a dear companion of Śrī Rādhā who gave her a garland of campaka and jasmine at Siddhāśrama, and is worshipped in the east in Rādhā’s pūjā. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 55; Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 124