Bindumatī

Bindumatī · bindu-matī

Bindumatī, also called Caitrarathī, is the daughter of Śaśabindu and the wife of Māndhātā of the Ikshvāku line. She was the mother of Purukutsa and Mucukunda.

Yuvanāśva‘s son was Māndhātā, conqueror of the three worlds. Māndhātā’s wife was Caitrarathī, the daughter of Śaśabindu, a sādhvī named Bindumatī, supremely beautiful; she was the eldest of ten thousand sisters. By her Māndhātā had two sons, Purukutsa and Mucukunda. Purukutsa’s son was Trasadasyu, born of Narmadā.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7